2 $Id: README,v 1.8 2003/06/06 22:42:34 pdw Exp $
4 Read the INSTALL file, manual page and source code for more information.
6 iftop must be run as root.
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
18 You may need to upgrade your libpcap (by updating the tcpdump package)
19 in order to compile iftop.
23 This version of FreeBSD lacks a proper gethostbyaddr_r function. You should
24 choose an alternative name resolution technique using the --with-resolver=...
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
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.
39 Cf. http://www.tcpdump.org/lists/workers/2002/02/msg00010.html
41 The version of curses distributed with Solaris may not be sufficient for
42 iftop's needs. You will probably need ncurses or similar.