man ftm (Commandes) - Frogfoot Networks Traffic Monitoring Utility

NAME

ftm - Frogfoot Networks Traffic Monitoring Utility

SYNOPSIS

ftm [-n] <filename>

DESCRIPTION

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

SEE ALSO

ftm-config(5), iptables(8)

AUTHOR

Written by Abraham vd Merwe <abz@blio.com>