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IPTRAF-NG(8)                         System Manager's Manual                         IPTRAF-NG(8)

NAME
       iptraf - Interactive Colorful IP LAN Monitor

SYNOPSIS
       iptraf-ng  {  [  -f ] [ { -i iface | -g | -d iface | -s iface | -z iface | -l iface } [ -t
       timeout ] [ -B [ -L logfile ] ] ] | [ -h ] }

DESCRIPTION
       iptraf-ng is an ncurses-based IP LAN monitor that generates various network statistics in-
       cluding  TCP  info, UDP counts, ICMP and OSPF information, Ethernet load info, node stats,
       IP checksum errors, and others.

       If the iptraf-ng command is issued without any command-line options, the program comes  up
       in interactive mode, with the various facilities accessed through the main menu.

OPTIONS
       These options can also be supplied to the command:

       -i iface
              immediately  start the IP traffic monitor on the specified interface, or all inter-
              faces if "-i all" is specified

       -g     immediately start the general interface statistics

       -d iface
              allows you to immediately start the detailed on the indicated interface (iface)

       -s iface
              allows you to immediately monitor TCP and UDP traffic on  the  specified  interface
              (iface)

       -z iface
              shows packet counts by size on the specified interface

       -l iface
              start  the LAN station monitor on the specified interface, or all LAN interfaces if
              "-l all" is specified

       -t timeout
              tells IPTraf-ng to run the specified facility for only timeout minutes.   This  op-
              tion is used only with one of the above parameters.

       -B     redirect standard output to /dev/null, closes standard input, and forks the program
              into the background.  Can be used only with one of the facility invocation  parame-
              ters above.  Send the backgrounded process a USR2 signal to terminate.

       -L logfile
              allows  you  to  specify  an alternate log file name.  The default log file name is
              based on either the interface selected (detailed interface statistics, TCP/UDP ser-
              vice  statistics, packet size breakdown), or the instance of the facility (IP traf-
              fic monitor, LAN station monitor).  If a path is not specified,  the  log  file  is
              placed in /var/log/iptraf-ng

       -f     clears all locks and counters, causing this instance of IPTraf-ng to think it's the
              first one running.  This should only be used to recover from an  abnormal  termina-
              tion or system crash.

       -h     shows a command summary

SIGNALS
        SIGUSR1 - rotates log files while program is running
        SIGUSR2 - terminates an IPTraf-ng process running in the background.

FILES
        /var/log/iptraf-ng/*.log - log file
        /var/lib/iptraf-ng/* - important IPTraf-ng data files

SEE ALSO
        Documentation/* - complete documentation written by the author

AUTHOR
       Gerard Paul Java (riker AT mozcom.com)

MANUAL AUTHOR
       Frederic Peters (fpeters AT debian.org), using iptraf-ng -h General manual page modifications
       by Gerard Paul Java (riker AT mozcom.com), Phil Cameron (pcameron AT redhat.com)

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