---
name: "bandwidthd"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "bandwidthd"
version: "2.0.1+cvs20090917-18"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bandwidthd"
---

# bandwidthd(8)

Tracks usage of TCP/IP and builds html files with graphs.

## NAME

bandwidthd - Tracks usage of TCP/IP and builds html files with graphs.

## DESCRIPTION

BandwidthD tracks usage of TCP/IP network subnets and builds html files with graphs to display utilization. Charts are built by individual IPs, and display utilization over 2 day, 8 day, 40 day, and 400 day periods. Furthermore, each ip address's utilization can be logged out at intervals of 2.5 minutes, 10 minutes, 1 hour or 12 hours in cdf format. HTTP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, VPN, and P2P traffic are color coded.\

The configuration file "bandwidthd.conf" is described in it's own manual page.

## FILES

```
/usr/sbin/bandwidthd			- daemon binary.
/etc/init.d/bandwidthd			- startscript.
/etc/bandwidthd/bandwidthd.conf	- configuration file.
/var/run/bandwidthd.pid			- main process id file.
/var/lib/bandwidthd/			- log directory.
/var/lib/bandwidtd/htdocs/		- html and graphs output directory.
```

## SEE ALSO

[bandwidthd.conf(5)](/bandwidthd.conf/5.md)\

Furter information available at the website:\
 *http://bandwidthd.sourceforge.net*

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Andreas Henriksson \<andreas@fatal.se\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.