[Ntop] problems with ntop, dies every 5 mins or so.

[Gary Gatten]

You can try starting with -t 5 or maybe 6? And see if that tells you more info

Latest version is 3.4.3 I think? So I'd say get the latest version and see what happens.



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Sent: Sat Jun 05 17:24:43 2010
Subject: [Ntop] problems with ntop, dies every 5 mins or so.

Having some sort of problems.
nTop dies after a while, here is the output from "messages"

Jun  6 00:10:54 BLATUNGA ntop[18398]:   Resetting traffic statistics for
device eth0
Jun  6 00:10:54 BLATUNGA ntop[18398]:   Initializing device eth0 (0)
Jun  6 00:10:54 BLATUNGA ntop[18398]:   DLT: Device 0 [eth0] is 1, mtu 1514,
header 14
Jun  6 00:10:54 BLATUNGA ntop[18399]:   Listening on [eth0,eth1]
Jun  6 00:10:54 BLATUNGA ntop[18399]:   Note: Reporting device initally set
to 0 [eth0]
Jun  6 00:10:54 BLATUNGA ntop[18399]:   THREADMGMT[t2964315024]: NPS(eth0):
pcapDispatch thread starting [p18399]
Jun  6 00:10:54 BLATUNGA ntop[18399]:   THREADMGMT[t2964315024]: NPS(1):
Started thread for network packet sniffing [eth0]
Jun  6 00:10:54 BLATUNGA ntop[18399]:   THREADMGMT[t2964315024]: NPS(eth0):
pcapDispatch thread running [p18399]
Jun  6 00:10:58 BLATUNGA kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode
Jun  6 00:11:35 BLATUNGA kernel: eth0: Promiscuous mode enabled.
Jun  6 00:11:35 BLATUNGA kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Jun  6 00:11:35 BLATUNGA ntop[18471]:   Checking eth0 for additional devices
Jun  6 00:11:35 BLATUNGA ntop[18471]:   Resetting traffic statistics for
device eth0
Jun  6 00:11:35 BLATUNGA ntop[18471]:   Initializing device eth0 (0)
Jun  6 00:11:35 BLATUNGA ntop[18471]:   DLT: Device 0 [eth0] is 1, mtu 1514,
header 14
Jun  6 00:11:36 BLATUNGA ntop[18472]:   Listening on [eth0,eth1]
Jun  6 00:11:36 BLATUNGA ntop[18472]:   Note: Reporting device initally set
to 0 [eth0]
Jun  6 00:11:36 BLATUNGA ntop[18472]:   THREADMGMT[t2964315024]: NPS(eth0):
pcapDispatch thread starting [p18472]
Jun  6 00:11:36 BLATUNGA ntop[18472]:   THREADMGMT[t2964315024]: NPS(1):
Started thread for network packet sniffing [eth0]
Jun  6 00:11:36 BLATUNGA ntop[18472]:   THREADMGMT[t2964315024]: NPS(eth0):
pcapDispatch thread running [p18472]

As you can see, no obvious reasons.
Running CENTOS 5.3 and ntop 3.3.8-2.el5.rf, from dag-vieers


With Best regards
Tomas Larsson
Sweden
www.ebaman.com



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