Usage as below from same folder:
To check packer per interface: ./netpps.sh eth0
To check speed per interface: ./netspeed.sh eth0
Measure Packets per Second on an Interface netpps.sh as file name
#!/bin/bash INTERVAL="1" # update interval in seconds if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo echo usage: $0 [network-interface] echo echo e.g. $0 eth0 echo echo shows packets-per-second exit fi IF=$1 while true do R1=`cat /sys/class/net/$1/statistics/rx_packets` T1=`cat /sys/class/net/$1/statistics/tx_packets` sleep $INTERVAL R2=`cat /sys/class/net/$1/statistics/rx_packets` T2=`cat /sys/class/net/$1/statistics/tx_packets` TXPPS=`expr $T2 - $T1` RXPPS=`expr $R2 - $R1` echo "TX $1: $TXPPS pkts/s RX $1: $RXPPS pkts/s" done
Measure Network Bandwidth on an Interface netspeed.sh as file name
#!/bin/bash INTERVAL="1" # update interval in seconds if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo echo usage: $0 [network-interface] echo echo e.g. $0 eth0 echo exit fi IF=$1 while true do R1=`cat /sys/class/net/$1/statistics/rx_bytes` T1=`cat /sys/class/net/$1/statistics/tx_bytes` sleep $INTERVAL R2=`cat /sys/class/net/$1/statistics/rx_bytes` T2=`cat /sys/class/net/$1/statistics/tx_bytes` TBPS=`expr $T2 - $T1` RBPS=`expr $R2 - $R1` TKBPS=`expr $TBPS / 1024` RKBPS=`expr $RBPS / 1024` echo "TX $1: $TKBPS kB/s RX $1: $RKBPS kB/s" done