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1.1       misho       1: README for iftop
                      2: $Id: README,v 1.8 2003/06/06 22:42:34 pdw Exp $
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                      4: Read the INSTALL file, manual page and source code for more information.
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                      6: iftop must be run as root.
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                      8: KNOWN ISSUES
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                     10: RedHat 7.2:
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                     12: There is a bug in the version of ncurses distibuted with RedHat 7.2 that
                     13: will cause iftop to segfault.  The RPM in RedHat's Rawhide distribution
                     14: fixes this.
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                     16: Slackware 8.1:
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                     18: You may need to upgrade your libpcap (by updating the tcpdump package) 
                     19: in order to compile iftop.
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                     21: FreeBSD 4.7:
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                     23: This version of FreeBSD lacks a proper gethostbyaddr_r function. You should
                     24: choose an alternative name resolution technique using the --with-resolver=...
                     25: option to configure.
                     26: 
                     27: Solaris:
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                     29: On Solaris, iftop has to run in promiscuous mode in order to capture
                     30: outgoing packets.  iftop autoconfigures to run in promiscuous mode on
                     31: Solaris, but will filter out non-broadcast packets which are not
                     32: addressed to or from localhost.  On Solaris, the -p option merely
                     33: disables that filter.
                     34: 
                     35: If you have some other sort of system that behaves like Solaris in
                     36: needing promiscuous mode, you can pass --enable-default-promiscuous to
                     37: configure to enable this behavior.
                     38: 
                     39: Cf. http://www.tcpdump.org/lists/workers/2002/02/msg00010.html
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                     41: The version of curses distributed with Solaris may not be sufficient for
                     42: iftop's needs. You will probably need ncurses or similar.
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