[plug] Open Source download meters

[Gavin Chester]

On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 00:51 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-07-23 at 22:40 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-07-22 at 23:47 +0800, Caleb Duggan wrote:
> > > Yea I thought there was a thread a while ago on it but I couldnt find it  
> > > in the list archives. It'd be easier to have some nice GUI to use but I  
> > > guess I can use iptables if I can't find a graphical program, does anyone  
> > > know of any graphical download meters? even a graphical frontend to  
> > > iptables would be good.\
> > 
> > I'm not bothering to look in the archives ATM, but if you search there
> > on my name, I suggested use of gkrellm and explained how to use it to
> > get a gui traffic report. That's not a cross-platform solution, though.
> > 
> > Gavin
> 
> Just returning to this thread - stumbled on this download monitor
> tonight that looks very good. It has capability for a variety of
> interfaces, and provides text export of stats. It's very kde, though if
> that's not a problem for you:
> 
> <http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/KTrafficAnalyzer?content=22134>
> 
> Gavin

updating my own post:
I've been running this little app for a day now and can report that it
is able to handle a greater variety of interfaces, but it is more
'fickle' and more resource hungry than gkrellm. So,I'll stick with
gkrellm for my needs, especially since I bothered to look and can find
the text file of traffic stats in my /home directory under:
/home/gavin/.gkrellm2/data/net/ppp0

Gavin