How to Check the CPU Type in FreeBSD (sysctl and dmesg)

Category: FreeBSD
Posted: January 3, 2015
Author: Antonio

How to find out which processor is installed in a FreeBSD server.

FreeBSD 10 daemon

Run this command:

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How to Restart dhcpd (ISC DHCP Server) on FreeBSD

Category: FreeBSD
Posted: May 25, 2011
Author: Antonio

Question: How do I restart dhcpd (the daemon that hands out IP addresses over DHCP) on FreeBSD?
Answer: run this command with administrator (root) rights:

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd restart

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How to Monitor Network Traffic in FreeBSD with iftop

Category: FreeBSD, Tips, Tools
Posted: May 19, 2009
Author: Antonio

Sometimes you need to see who is talking to your server, and how actively (or through your server, if it acts as a gateway). Two popular software packages exist for this: trafshow and iftop.

Let’s look at iftop.

iftop screen

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