sntop
Simple network top for monitoring host connectivity
TLDR
Monitor hosts defined in the default config
$ sntop
Poll hosts from a custom config every 10 seconds$ sntop -r 10 -f [/path/to/hosts.conf]
Generate an HTML status page$ sntop -w -e [/var/www/status.html]
SYNOPSIS
sntop [-d] [-o] [-c] [-r time] [-f file] [-a file] [-l file]
DESCRIPTION
sntop is an ncurses-based console utility that polls a list of hosts at regular intervals using fping or ping and displays their online/offline status in a top-like table. It supports HTML generation, daemon mode, alarm script execution on host status changes, and color output.
PARAMETERS
-r TIME
Set the polling interval in seconds.-f FILE
Use a custom hosts configuration file.-w
Enable HTML output mode.-d
Run in daemon mode.
INSTALL
sudo apt install sntop
brew install sntop
HISTORY
sntop was created by Robert M. Love and Chris M. Rivera and is written in C.
