Re: Program to chart ppp through-put?

[Ed Cogburn <ecogburn@greene.xtn.net>]

Jim Foltz wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Jan 16, 1999 at 01:57:59AM -0500, Ed Cogburn wrote:
> > Jim Foltz wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Is there some program that can log ppp data through-put? I'd really like to
> > > see what's happening while I am downloading for extended periods, like
> > > when I upgrade Debian.
> >
> >
> >       Well, the apt 'method' in dselect (install apt and it'll show up
> > in dselect's list of access methods) does give you thruput speeds
> > as it dl's packages.
> 
> Yes, this is good. I can redirect the output of apt-get. Then I can
> pul out the speed on each line. What control char would I need to
> sed-out to make the redirected output from apt-get readable?
> 


	So you want to snatch the speed from the output.  Didn't this is
come up before a little while back?  Somebody?  Anyway, check Joey
Hess's message, that may be the better way to go.
	I remember also when some folks were talking about this earlier,
that there was a way to get pppd to output the speed to a file
that could then be parsed, but I can't remember it very well. 
'man pppd' might help.
-- 
Ed C.