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NAME

       iptraf - Interactive Colorful IP LAN Monitor

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

       If the iptraf 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 interfaces 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 to run the  specified  facility  for  only  timeout
              minutes.   This  option  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 parameters 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  service  statistics,
              packet size breakdown), or the  instance  of  the  facility  (IP
              traffic  monitor,  LAN  station  monitor).   If  a  path  is not
              specified, the log file is placed in /var/log/iptraf

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

       -u     allow use of unsupported interfaces as ethernet  devices.   This
              is  needed  if you changed the name of an interface (ex: ip link
              set eth0 name foo0)

       -q     no longer needed, maintained only for compatibility.

       -h     shows a command summary

SIGNALS

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

FILES

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

SEE ALSO

        Documentation/* - complete documentation written by the author

AUTHOR

       Gerard Paul Java (riker@mozcom.com)

MANUAL AUTHOR

       Frederic Peters (fpeters@debian.org), using iptraf  -h  General  manual
       page modifications by Gerard Paul Java (riker@mozcom.com)

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