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                                Pload 0.9.5
   
What is pload?

   Pload is a program to monitor ppp network device statistics. It graphs
   information using Athena stripchart widgets.
   
   NEW As of version 0.9.3, Pload for Linux 2.2 can monitor any device
   that reports statistics to /proc/net/dev including ethernet, plip,
   loopback, etc. This funtionality requires no special accounting rules.
   Even though this feature is not portable to other platforms, 0.9.3
   includes bugfixes that all supported systems can benefit from. See the
   CHANGES file for more details.
   
What does it do?

   Pload shows totals and current rates for a given ppp interface. It is
   customizable to show only receive data or only send data also.
   Additional customization can be accomplished using X resources.
   
On what platforms does it run?

   Pload was developed on Linux and has been tested on Linux and Solaris.
   Theoretically it will work on any platform that will run both X11
   and pppd.
     * Linux - confirmed to work with libc5 and glibc2 x86 systems
     * Solaris - confirmed for v2.6 x86
     * SunOS
     * FreeBSD - confirmed to work with FreeBSD 3.0-Current/x86
     * NetBSD - confirmed to work with NetBSD/i386, V1.3I
     * Digital Unix (OSF/1)
     * Unix SVR4
     * Ultrix
       
   If you can get it to work on a system that I haven't confirmed, I'd
   like to hear about it. As always, patches and bug reports are welcome.

Download

   The source to pload can be found at http://www.engr.utk.edu/~mdsmith/pload/  
   and is archived at Metalab.unc.edu (Sunsite). Note that it requires the
   Athena widgets standard in every X11 distribution and a ppp network interface
   provided by Paul Mackerras' pppd. Pload is distributed under the GNU GPL
   license.
                                      
Copyright  1999-2000 Matt Smith <mdsmith@engr.utk.edu>