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Questions tagged [traffic]

QAs about traffic within the meaning of operating systems and computer science.

Use this tag for questions about traffic in the computing sense, primarily in reference to network traffic.

Please do not use this tag for questions about automobile/pedestrian road traffic, even in the context of GPS.

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Monitoring inbound and outbound internet traffic

Is there software I can install to enable me to monitor inbound and outbound internet traffic for security reasons? I recently installed ubuntu and loving it because of speed and interface. I want to do what I can to make this the greatest OS I've…
gijoemike
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NetHogs showing suspicious (outgoing) traffic to random ports from root on Ubuntu 16.04

Using NetHogs on an Ubuntu 16.04 (web) server, i.e. on a machine where no consumer applications or web browsers are installed, besides traffic that is to be expected (HTTP and SSH) PID USER PROGRAM DEV …
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Why do Ubuntu Servers connect to likho.canonical.com:80?

We have some Ubuntu 12.0.3 servers in our network and I can see several denies per day on our physical firewall. The Ubuntu servers are attempting to connect to 91.189.91.15 (likho.canonical.com) over port 80. Can anyone tell me what this connection…
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Which application can I use for a network traffic monitor

Is there a way to see ALL the traffic? from which process with the REAL NAME is accessing to which IP with the REAL NAME at which bitrate? When I say real name I am referring something like this: midori@mycomputer >>>…
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What's the simplest way to account traffic?

I use a 3G cellular Internet connection with a very strict traffic limit, but some times I go to office and use an unlimited and fast cable connection (and of course I do traffic-consuming operations, like updating the system there). I'd like to…
Ivan
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How to put all traffic and on one interface and some traffic on another interface

At the moment I'm working at a company and the problem is they allow SSH on wifi but not on their wired network. At the moment I push everything through a vpn, but that gives overhead on an already slow network. I was wondering how I could make all…
Lucas Kauffman
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Ubuntu 14.04 spying? suspicious traffic at boot

Brand new install of Ubuntu 14.04. After I disabled all the web searches in Unity bar (all that I could find, amazon, various lenses ect.), I noticed that when Ubuntu boots there is suspicious network traffic to various Canonical locations. It…
ding bat
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Specific traffic analysis

In the recent days, my traffic increased rapidly. How can I check which application is responsible for that?
Poolimba
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How to capture https traffic

I am trying to capture the requests of my android emulator. I want to know the data used by my android app. I tried various ways which didn't work. I am trying to do that using the emulator now. I have emulated my android device in ubuntu and I want…
Balagei Nagarajan
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Measure amount of traffic in Ubuntu in GBs?

My university internet connections such as Eduroam and Aalto Open are extremely poor so I use prepaid-services, less lag. Now I may run out of prepaid time so how can I measure the amount of traffic consumed in Ubuntu? I am actually using Debian but…
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How to setup a server as router with traffic shaping

A friend of mine owns a house with 10 rooms which he's renting out to students. He provides them with Internet access. Unfortunately, regardless of hes appeals and warnings to the students, they keep downloading illegal files via torrents. He…
Andre
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Vnstat showing large amount of traffic

I am using lubuntu 16.04, and have vnstat to monitor my traffic, since in our students home we have a limit of 30Gb per month. Everything was fine with the program till yesterday when I tried upgrading the data base several time, and it did not…
Georgi Nikolov
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How can I see net traffic in the apps bar?

I have a question. How can I see net traffic in the apps bar? Do I have to install something? I don't want to analyze the traffic, just see if its having incoming/outgoin data transfer. Thxs!
Bruno Pablo
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How I can monitor traffic on a certain port with munin?

How I can monitor traffic on a certain port with munin? I already use plugin port_ to see number of connection on a certain port, but I also need to see the traffic.
Worker
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Traffic not tunneling through NetworkManager VPN Client, but vpnc works fine

I'm trying to connect to a VPN using the NetworkManager Cisco VPN client, and everything seems to be going fine when connecting. I click connect, the NM icon on the top panel displays the connecting animation, and NotifyOSD displays the banner…
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