README
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2 Pload 0.9.5
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4What is pload?
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6 Pload is a program to monitor ppp network device statistics. It graphs
7 information using Athena stripchart widgets.
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9 NEW As of version 0.9.3, Pload for Linux 2.2 can monitor any device
10 that reports statistics to /proc/net/dev including ethernet, plip,
11 loopback, etc. This funtionality requires no special accounting rules.
12 Even though this feature is not portable to other platforms, 0.9.3
13 includes bugfixes that all supported systems can benefit from. See the
14 CHANGES file for more details.
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16What does it do?
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18 Pload shows totals and current rates for a given ppp interface. It is
19 customizable to show only receive data or only send data also.
20 Additional customization can be accomplished using X resources.
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22On what platforms does it run?
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24 Pload was developed on Linux and has been tested on Linux and Solaris.
25 Theoretically it will work on any platform that will run both X11
26 and pppd.
27 * Linux - confirmed to work with libc5 and glibc2 x86 systems
28 * Solaris - confirmed for v2.6 x86
29 * SunOS
30 * FreeBSD - confirmed to work with FreeBSD 3.0-Current/x86
31 * NetBSD - confirmed to work with NetBSD/i386, V1.3I
32 * Digital Unix (OSF/1)
33 * Unix SVR4
34 * Ultrix
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36 If you can get it to work on a system that I haven't confirmed, I'd
37 like to hear about it. As always, patches and bug reports are welcome.
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39Download
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41 The source to pload can be found at http://www.engr.utk.edu/~mdsmith/pload/
42 and is archived at Metalab.unc.edu (Sunsite). Note that it requires the
43 Athena widgets standard in every X11 distribution and a ppp network interface
44 provided by Paul Mackerras' pppd. Pload is distributed under the GNU GPL
45 license.
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47Copyright � 1999-2000 Matt Smith <mdsmith@engr.utk.edu>
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