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--- monitor_connections [2022/06/22 08:06] – rs232
+++ monitor_connections [2025/10/17 18:43] (current) – -Grammar-Change to: "There are cases when" hogwild
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 ====== Actively monitor connections ======
-There are cases where you want to monitor a specific type of connection going from/to & through your router. As an example the following example keeps track of DNS requests towards name servers.
+There are cases when you want to monitor a specific connection type going from/to/through the router. The following example (run via SSH) tracks DNS requests towards name servers:
+ \\
 ''watch -tn5 "conntrack -L -p udp --dport **53** | sort -nrk3; echo; conntrack -L -p tcp --dport **53** | sort -nrk3"''
- of course refers to DNS and in the above case includes both udp and tcp. You can change this to any port of relevancy (e.g. 443) to change the command scope.
+ \\
+The "53" refers to the port used for DNS. In the above case, both udp and tcp are included. You can change this to any relevant port (for example, only 443) to change the command scope.  \\   \\   \\  For example:
+ \\
+''watch -tn5 "conntrack -L -p tcp --dport 443 | sort -nrk3"''
+ \\

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