---
name: "pppload"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pppload"
version: "1.0-5"
release: "Debian 2.0 (Hamm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pppload"
---

# pppload(1)

display an xload-style graph of PPP activity

## NAME

pppload - display an xload-style graph of PPP activity

## SYNOPSIS

**pppload** \[-cmd ppp\_cmd\] \[-i interval\] \[-p period\] \[-retry interval\] \[-rx\] \[-norx\] \[-rxcolor color\] \[-tx\] \[-notx\] \[-txcolor color\]

## DESCRIPTION

**pppload** displays a graph of PPP transmit and receive throughput in a style similar to [xload(1)](/xload/1.md). **pppload** displays the average transmit and receive throughput in bytes per second.  For every 512bps, a horizontal line is drawn. The graph autoscales to fit the maximum transmit or receieve rate. In the upper-left corner, the total number of bytes transamitted and received is shown.

### OPTIONS

- *-cmd ppp\_cmd*

  The command used to start the PPP link.  If the PPP link is not up, or happens to fails, this command will be used to restart it.

- *-d n*

  Draw a horizontal divider for every 'n' bytes per second of throughput (default: 512).

- *-h*

  Print command line usage.

- *-i interval*

  The statistics polling interval in seconds (default: 5).

- *-link link*

  The PPP link number to be monitored (default: 0).

- *-p period*

  The load averaging period in seconds (default: 60).  The actual number of samples that are averaged is equal to period / interval.

- *-retry interval*

  The time between retries when dialling the PPP link (default: 60).

- *-rx*

  Enable drawing of receive rates (default).

- *-norx*

  Disable drawing of receive rates.

- *-rxcolor color*

  The name of the color to draw receive rates in (default: forestgreen).

- *-tx*

  Enable drawing of transmit rates (default).

- *-notx*

  Disable drawing of transmit rates.

- *-txcolor color*

  The name of the color to draw transmit rates in (default: red).

## AUTHOR

Sean Vyain \<svyain@mail.tds.net, smvyain@softart.com\>