ftm(1)

ftm1

Frogfoot networks traffic monitoring utility

Usage

ftm [-n] <filename>

Overview

ftm is used to monitor networks. It uses netfilter packet counters to keep track of traffic passing through the machine on which it is executed.

Options

A summary of options is included below.

<filename>

Location of an FTM configuration/rules file.

Theory

FTM reads a list of monitor sections, each containing a list of networks, expected bandwidth usage, and a description of the section. It uses this information to keep track of traffic flowing through the machine and display average throughput of each monitor section over a configurable period of time.

Notes

The configuration file allows you to specify a chain which FTM should use to add/remove its rules. Therefore, if you want it to leave your own rules alone, just add the following rules:

iptables -t filter -N stats
iptables -t filter -A FORWARD -j stats

Author

Written by Abraham vd Merwe <[email protected]>

From ftm 0.0.7 in Debian 3.1 (Sarge). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.