wok-current view vnstat/description.txt @ rev 24272
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| author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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| date | Sun Jan 02 10:48:51 2022 +0100 (2022-01-02) |
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1 vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD that keeps
2 a log of network traffic for the selected interface(s). It uses the network
3 interface statistics provided by the kernel as information source. This means
4 that vnStat won't actually be sniffing any traffic and also ensures light use
5 of system resources.
7 Features:
9 * quick and simple to install and get running
10 * gathered statistics persists through system reboots
11 * can monitor multiple interfaces at the same time
12 * several output options
13 * summary, hourly, daily, monthly, weekly, top 10 days
14 * optional png image output (using libgd)
15 * months can be configured to follow billing period
16 * light, minimal resource usage
17 * same low cpu usage regardless of traffic
18 * can be used without root permissions
19 * [online color configuration editor](http://humdi.net/vnstat/coloredit/)