Re: Monitoring network activity

[AG <computing.account@googlemail.com>]

On 27/05/10 15:08, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On 2010-05-27, AG<computing.account@googlemail.com>  wrote:
>    
> > On 27/05/10 10:44, Mirco Piccin wrote:
> >      
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >        
> > > > How would I go about finding out what application is connecting to the
> > > > web and/ or what is connecting to my machine to cause the modem
> > > > light activity?
> > > >          
> > > i think that with wireshark or ntop you should obtain the information
> > > you need.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > M
> > >
> > >        
> > Hi and thanks for responding Mirco, François, and Michal
> >
> > After looking at the options, I decided on Wireshark and am giving that
> > a test run.
> >
> > Bit of a learning curve, but appears to do the job.
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestions.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > AG
> >
> >
> >      
> Even more choices: iptraf, tcpdump.
>
>    
Choices ... choices - the blessing/ curse of OSS :)