diff -u --new-file pppload-1.0/pppload.1 ./pppload.1 --- pppload-1.0/pppload.1 Tue Sep 10 16:56:20 1996 +++ ./pppload.1 Fri Jan 30 21:35:55 1998 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pppload \- display an xload-style graph of PPP activity .SH SYNOPSIS .B pppload -[\-cmd ppp_cmd] [\-i interval] [\-p period] [\-retry interval] [\-rx] [\-norx] +[\-cmd ppp_cmd] [\-i interval] [\-device name] [\-p period] [\-retry interval] [\-rx] [\-norx] [\-rxcolor color] [\-tx] [\-notx] [\-txcolor color] .SH DESCRIPTION .BR pppload @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ .I "\-h" Print command line usage. .TP +.I "\-device name" +Network device to monitor (default: tun) +.TP .I "\-i interval" The statistics polling interval in seconds (default: 5). .TP @@ -60,3 +63,41 @@ The name of the color to draw transmit rates in (default: red). .SH AUTHOR Sean Vyain +www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/1029/pppload.html + +.SH FREEBSD PORT +Examples of usage for the FreeBSD port: + +For tun0 (tun is the default device,0 is the default link number): + +% pppload & + +For the first ne2000 ethernet card: + +% pppload -device ed -link 0 & + +for the third ppp device: + +% pppload -device ppp -link 2 & + +.SH BUGS +The port to FreeBSD can't determine when the link is up or down, so +some of the command line options like +.I "\-cmd" +.I "\-percmd" +may not work. + +Command line is awkward with -device and -link. + +Keeps track of all packets network device has ever used, even if it +has gone down then up again. This is different than the linux +version. + +Requires awk, grep, and netstat to get the data. Very short polling +times are definitely not recommended. + +Network interface names are limited to a total of 4 characters or less +at the moment, e.g. ppp0 ed3 ze1. + + +Modified January 1998