IPTOTAL(8)

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version 0.3.3 · 2 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ IPTOTAL — ok so bestie, gather round ✨

it's the iptotal manual page, section 8, from the System Manager's Manual. yes we're doing this, and yes you're gonna understand it. 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

iptotal — an IP traffic-based monitor, and the bestie of the group chat because it does NOT need SNMP. no SNMP drama, none. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

iptotal [OPTS] <interface>

like, you give it options, you give it an interface, and it does the thing. simple. iconic. periodt.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here's the vibe: iptotal sits and listens to a network interface in non-promiscuous mode (so it's not being nosy, it's just chillin' on its own lane) and it measures your IP bandwidth usage. 👑

then, after however many seconds you told it to wait, it prints the average throughput as total, input and output usage. three numbers, one slay. ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -c <filename> — read a configuration file. the default one is /etc/iptotal.cfg. 🍓
  • -C — ignore the configuration file entirely. not me ghosting the config. 💀
  • -d <level> — debug level, and the levels are: 0 for no debugging, 1 for a summary, 3 for all packets captured. yes 3 is a lot. it's giving main character energy but with log spam. 😭
  • -f <filterstr> — use pcap filters (go look at tcpdump, it's the same idea). 🔥
  • -F — fork and run in the background. bye bestie, you're on your own now. 🫶
  • -h — print help. we love a helpful queen. 💖
  • -m <maskbits> — set the number of network mask bits (1-32) for subnet traffic aggregation. default is 24, a.k.a. 255.255.255.0. 🌈
  • -P — use promiscuous mode on the network interface. lowkey nosy now, but honestly? respect. 👀
  • -r <seconds> — reporting period, i.e. how many seconds. default is 300. ⭐
  • -v — print version. quick little flex. 💜

🧚 CONFIGURATION FILE 🧚

  • /etc/iptotal.cfg — the file that defines the default configuration being used. for all the deets, check out iptotal_config(5). iykyk. 📖

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Antoine Megens <webmaster@dingetje.homeip.net>

Manpage written by Millis Miller <millis@faztek.org>

shoutout to the authors fr fr, absolute legends. 🫶

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

Report bugs to <webmaster@dingetje.homeip.net>

like pls tell them, don't just suffer in silence bestie. 🙈

Copyright © 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

no cap, that "NO warranty" is in all caps in the original because they mean it. don't come for them if it breaks. 🚨

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

go read those too, the lore runs deep. ✨

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💅 this was iptotal 0.3.3, dated Jun 2004, from the System Manager's Manual — and honestly? she ate. 💖✨🎀🦋🌸

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