something is continuously downloading (solved)

[kapil]

after startup. whenever i start firefox something is continuously downloading.
even after closing firefox download does not stop. and in network widget i can see something is being downloaded.. but i have no idea what it is..
how to find what is using the bandwidth? and what is being downloaded?

[Snowhog]

Re: something is continuously downloading

You can install EtherApe "a graphical network monitor... displays network activity graphically."

[walto]

Re: something is continuously downloading

You can list all files that listen to internet addresses with

lsof -i

[kapil]

Re: something is continuously downloading

thanks guys..
@snowhog: graphical report would be really good.. i installed etherape
but whenever i start etherape it says: error getting devices. no devices found

@walto: yes.. i could see for what all is bandwidth used by this commmand

[skunk]

Re: something is continuously downloading

thanks guys..
@snowhog: graphical report would be really good.. i installed etherape
but whenever i start etherape it says: error getting devices. no devices found

I get the same error starting Etherape unless I run it as root

[Snowhog]

Re: something is continuously downloading (solved)

I installed etherape last night as well, just to see what it really does. Two applications show up in the K Menu, one listed as running under root. I tried the other, and got the same message. Ran the one as root, and it works.

But I decided to uninstall etherape, as it didn't do what I thought. Yes, graphical representation of the connections and from/to where, but no data/details on actual data being sent/received (that I found).

[kapil]

Re: something is continuously downloading (solved)

@skunk: thanks.. kdesudo etherape worked..
@SnowHog: yes.. if it would have showed the data details.. it would have been super

[verndog]

Re: something is continuously downloading (solved)

I also wonder what is using my connection. Seeing network activity.
Has anyone used 'netstat -t -u' ?

Here is some information:
How to monitor network traffic on Linux

[Snowhog]

Re: something is continuously downloading (solved)

nmap

Should already be installed.

[verndog]

Re: something is continuously downloading (solved)

nmap

Should already be installed.

Where did 'nmap' come from, and its not already installed on my system.

[skunk]

Re: something is continuously downloading (solved)

nmap

Should already be installed.

Where did 'nmap' come from, and its not already installed on my system.

Same place everything else comes from

sudo apt-get install nmap

Read the man page carefully. If you let it get out of your subnet you might have to deal with a very pi$$ed off sysadmin.

However, I don't think nmap will actually help you find out what is continuously downloading.

[verndog]

Re: something is continuously downloading (solved)

Same place everything else comes from

what I meant was not where did it get created but rather why did Snowhog mention it seemingly out of the blue. I was thinking his statement was in reference to my link.

...and I'm the only admin around here

[Snowhog]

Re: something is continuously downloading (solved)

Google searching on the question lead me to suggest nmap. If used along with Wireshark, one might gain the insight into the data that's coming/going over ones connection.

[ubuntuku]

Re: something is continuously downloading (solved)

You'll love this one:

sudo apt-get install iptraf

[Snowhog]

Re: something is continuously downloading (solved)

Interesting. Will have to review that.