IPTraf User's Manual

Version 3.0.0

Table of Contents
About This Document
For Additional Information
Document Conventions
Getting Started
About IPTraf
Installation
System Requirements
Availability
Installing Downloaded Packages
Installing a Floppy Distribution
Upgrading from Earlier Versions
Starting and Stopping IPTraf
Command-line Options
Using the Menus
Exiting IPTraf
Preparing to Use IPTraf
Number Display Notations
Instances and Logging
Screen Update Delays
Supported Network Interfaces
The IP Traffic Monitor
The Upper Window
Closed/Idle/Timed Out Connections
Sorting TCP Entries
Lower Window
Entry Details
Additional Information
Network Interface Statistics
General Interface Statistics
Detailed Interface Statistics
Statistical Breakdowns
Packet Sizes
TCP and UDP Traffic Statistics
Sorting TCP/UDP Entries
Additional Information
LAN Station Statistics
Sorting the LAN Station Monitor Entries
Additional Information
Filters
IP Filters
Defining a New Filter
Applying a Filter
Editing a Defined Filter
Deleting a Defined Filter
Detaching a Filter
ARP, RARP, and other Non-IP Packet Filters
Configuring IPTraf
Toggles
Reverse DNS Lookups
TCP/UDP Service Names
Force promiscuous
Color
Logging
Activity mode
Source MAC addrs in traffic monitor
Timers
TCP Timeout
Log Interval
Screen Update Interval
TCP closed/idle persistence
Custom Information
Additional ports
Delete port/range
LAN Station Identifiers
Background Operation
Messages
IPTraf Messages
rvnamed Messages
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