Determine packets per second

Question

What is an ideal way to get the number of packets per second on a Linux box?

Would I use tcpdump or are there better methods?

I feel like people downvoted this simply because the author used the word "ideal". I still think it's a valid question - "How do I get the number of packets per second on a Linux box?" — rinogo, Apr 17 '17 at 16:15

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 16 '13 at 19:41

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if you need an exact number then yes, I'd use that. but if it's roughly then you might want to look into MRTG - Tobi Oetiker's MRTG - The Multi Router Traffic Grapher.

answered Jan 16 '13 at 19:41

alexus

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 16 '13 at 20:48

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What do you need? Long term monitoring of packet statistics? Graphing? Further analysis?

If you just want to look at packet rates on a box, use iptraf.

answered Jan 16 '13 at 20:48

Karma Fusebox

Just to get an idea on a size of a ddos attack and the kind – Tiffany Walker Jan 16 '13 at 20:55

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