Torch (Realtime Traffic Monitor)
Document revision: | 1.2 (Fri Mar 05 09:45:04 GMT 2004) |
Applies to: | V2.8 |
General Information
Summary
Realtime traffic monitor may be used to monitor the traffic flow through an interface.
Specifications
Packages required: systemLicense required: Level1
Submenu level: /tool
Standards and Technologies: none
Hardware usage: Not significant
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Description
Realtime Traffic Monitor called also torch is used for monitoring traffic that is going through an interface. You can monitor traffic classified by protocol name, source address, destination address, port. Torch shows the protocols you have chosen and mean transmitted and received data rate for each of them.
The Torch Command
Command name: /tool torchProperty Description
interface (name) - the name of the interface to monitor protocol (any | any-ip | icmp | igmp | ipip | ospf | pup | tcp | udp | integer) - the name or number of the protocolany-ip - any IP protocol
Notes
If there will be specific port given, then only tcp and udp protocols will be filtered, i.e., the name of the protocol can be any, any-ip, tcp, udp.
Except TX and RX, there will be only the field you've specified in command line in the command's output (e.g., you will get PROTOCOL column only in case if protocol property is explicitly specified).
Example
The following example monitors the traffic that goes through the ether1 interface generated by telnet protocol:
[admin@MikroTik] tool> torch ether1 port=telnet SRC-PORT DST-PORT TX RX 1439 23 (telnet) 1.7kbps 368bps [admin@MikroTik] tool>
To see what IP protocols are going through the ether1 interface:
[admin@MikroTik] tool> torch ether1 protocol=any-ip PRO.. TX RX tcp 1.06kbps 608bps udp 896bps 3.7kbps icmp 480bps 480bps ospf 0bps 192bps [admin@MikroTik] tool>
To see what IP protocols are interacting with 10.0.0.144/32 host connected to the ether1 interface:
[admin@MikroTik] tool> torch ether1 src-address=10.0.0.144/32 protocol=any PRO.. SRC-ADDRESS TX RX tcp 10.0.0.144 1.01kbps 608bps icmp 10.0.0.144 480bps 480bps [admin@MikroTik] tool>
To see what tcp/udp protocols are going through the ether1 interface:
[admin@MikroTik] tool> torch ether1 protocol=any-ip port=any PRO.. SRC-PORT DST-PORT TX RX tcp 3430 22 (ssh) 1.06kbps 608bps udp 2812 1813 (radius-acct) 512bps 2.11kbps tcp 1059 139 (netbios-ssn) 248bps 360bps [admin@MikroTik] tool>