Install Ntop Network Monitoring on Xubuntu 12.10
Ntop is a lightweight network monitoring for Linux system which can be installed easily on Ubuntu based Linux such as Xubuntu 12.10. This tutorial will show you how to Install Ntop Network Monitoring on Xubuntu 12.10. I am running Xubuntu 12.10 on my Local Area Network which consist of about 20 computers. Ntop provides detailed information about the LAN traffic and also the internet traffic pretty nicely.
Each hosts on my LAN is listed on its web interface, so we can gain information for each hosts including UDP, TCP data connections, network load etc.
How to install Ntop on Xubuntu 12.10? Simply use this command below to install ntop
sudo apt-get install ntop
Or you can also use Ubuntu Software Center to install it. Type ntop on the search box and press Install on ntop search result.
Once finished, you will be asked to enter the interface (i.e eth0), password for administration purposes.
