Displays the current traffic on the selected interface.This can be shown in bits or bytes.

To install just type make in the src directory. After that you can do a make install to strip
debug information and to move binary to ../bin directory.

USAGE
-h : print available options.
-m : output in a suitable form for MRTG (read below).
-r : output for rrd tool (read below).
-d : debug level 0 - none 1 - verbose 2 - near everything.
-i : select interface to monitor.
-u : specifies (in seconds) the delay between updates.
-b : print statistics in bits rather then in bytes.
-k : print statistics in kilo.

USING cban WITH MRTG

In etc directory from the package you will find a file named sample-mrtg.cfg. You can integrate
(or refer) this file with your mrtg.cfg.

[sample-mrtg.cfg]
###########################
# eth0

Title[eth0]: Traffic eth0
MaxBytes[eth0]: 125000
AbsMax[eth0]: 125000
Options[eth0]: gauge
Target[eth0]: `/usr/sbin/cban -i eth0 -m`
PageTop[eth0]: eth0 statistics
YLegend[eth0]: Bytes/s
ShortLegend[eth0]: B/s
Legend1[eth0]: Incoming Traffic
Legend2[eth0]: Outgoing Traffic
Legend3[eth0]: Maximum Incoming Traffic
Legend4[eth0]: Maximum Outgoing Traffic
LegendI[eth0]: In:
LegendO[eth0]: Out:
WithPeak[eth0]: ymwd
############################

USING cban WITH RRDTOOL

First you have to create the rrd database - a sample script is in ./etc/rrdtool/. This database should contain 2 data sources incoming and outgoing.
After you created this database issue:
./cban -i eth0 -u 5 -r stats-eth0.rrd | rrdtool -
this will update your database with new records.

Everything that you need (except for rrdtool binary) for rrdtool is in etc/rrdtool directory from the package.

BUG Reports

panic@radiohit.ro or npavel@easeweb.com