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check_bandwidth

check_bandwidth is a Nagios plugin to monitor a connection's bandwidth using iperf. An iperf server must be running on the other peer of the tested connection.

see the INSTALL file for installation instructions

Usage

    check_bandwidth --host hostname
               [--iperf path]
               [--localport port] [--hostport port]
               [--verbose]
               [--version|--help]

    Mandatory arguments:
     --host,-h       hostname   check the bandwidth from localhost to 'hostname'

    Options:
     --iperf         path       path of the iperf utility
     --localport,-l  port       local port
     --hostport,-p   port       remote port
     --swap,-s                  swap down- and upstream statistics
     --version,V                print version number
     --verbose,-v               be more verbose (can be repeated)