Ethereal vs iftop
A side-by-side look at Ethereal and iftop. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Ethereal
Network & Admin
Ethereal is a free and open-source packet analyzer and network protocol analyzer software for Unix-like operating systems. It allows users to examine data from a live network or from a capture file on disk. Ethereal has powerful features to inspect hundreds of protocols, and provides the ability to reconstruct TCP sessions and browse data as it presents itself on the …
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iftop
Network & Admin
iftop is an open source command-line tool used to monitor network usage and bandwidth in real-time. It displays a table of current TCP/IP connections using bandwidth over a specified interface.
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