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mail_e36 is offline mail_e36
2010-10-18 , 18:53
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I have found a super easy way to use NTOP on the N900.

What is NTOP?
Ntop is a network traffic probe that shows the network usage, ntop is based on libpcap and it has been written in a portable way in order to virtually run on every Unix platform and on Win32 as well. Ntop users can use a a web browser (e.g. opera) to navigate through ntop (that acts as a web server) traffic information and get a dump of the network status. In the latter case, ntop can be seen as a simple RMON-like agent with an embedded web interface.

To install on N900, first download and install Easy Debian. Then inside the Easy Debian chroot type "apt-get install ntop". Once it is installed you can run it using by typing "ntop -i wlan0" from within the chroot environment, or from the regular terminal by typing "debbie sudo ntop -i wlan0". You can replace 'wlan0' with 'gprs0' for the cellular data network instead of Wi-Fi. The first time you run it you will be asked to set up an administrative password.

Then when it's running point your browser over to "http://localhost:3000" (make sure you leave your terminal session open in the background). Opera works perfect for this.

You can then set up a desktop icon for easy access by creating a file called "ntop.desktop" using VI in "/usr/share/applications/hildon/" and entering the below code into the file.

Code:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=0.1
Type=Application
Terminal=true
Name=NTOP
Exec=debbie sudo ntop -i wlan0
Icon=
X-Window-Icon=
X-HildonDesk-ShowInToolbar=true
X-Osso-Type=application/x-executable
You can kill the ntop service using the web GUI or using top/htop.

Any thoughts are welcome.
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aligatro is offline aligatro
2010-10-18 , 19:07
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O__O It's gonna drain your battery and also load cpu. What are your needs that you want to have ntop on your n900 ?
 
mail_e36 is offline mail_e36
2010-10-18 , 19:13
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No real business use, more of a proof-of-concept. In case you ever wanted to swap your server for the N900.

Originally Posted by aligatro View Post
O__O It's gonna drain your battery and also load cpu. What are your needs that you want to have ntop on your n900 ?
 
aligatro is offline aligatro
2010-10-18 , 19:14
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Originally Posted by mail_e36 View Post
No real business use, more of a proof-of-concept. In case you ever wanted to swap your server for the N900.
xD Hmm. I think, I'll move my website to my own "hosting" (n900).
 
mail_e36 is offline mail_e36
2010-10-18 , 20:25
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You never know when you might need a backup data center on your N900

Point your load balancers to the N900 and you're all set... for a DDOS

Originally Posted by aligatro View Post
xD Hmm. I think, I'll move my website to my own "hosting" (n900).
 
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