iftop

README for iftop $Id$

Read the INSTALL file, manual page and source code for more information.

iftop must be run as root.

BUILDING

Typically you would run autoreconf -i', ./configure' and then `make'.

KNOWN ISSUES

Solaris:

On Solaris, iftop has to run in promiscuous mode in order to capture outgoing packets. iftop autoconfigures to run in promiscuous mode on Solaris, but will filter out non-broadcast packets which are not addressed to or from localhost. On Solaris, the -p option merely disables that filter.

If you have some other sort of system that behaves like Solaris in needing promiscuous mode, you can pass --enable-default-promiscuous to configure to enable this behavior.

Cf. http://www.tcpdump.org/lists/workers/2002/02/msg00010.html

The version of curses distributed with Solaris may not be sufficient for iftop's needs. You will probably need ncurses or similar.