Andy Green <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Monday 01 December 2003 11:42, Nick Wilson wrote: > >> Thanks, I'll try it. I did try 'netstat' but it just gives me unusable >> data... > > Don't condemn netstat as giving 'unusable' data, poor thing. Try > > netstat -p | grep xmms (or whatever the streaming app is) > > You'll need to be root if someone else owns the app instance in question. > > Another cool thing for netstat > > netstat -plut > > Tells you who is listening on udp and tcp, and what app it is, need to run > that one as root since there are bound to be things a user didn't spawn. Pardon me butting in but the -p switch still doesn't show the source address the OP requested. Can netstat do that? To OP: Try iptraf. One of its screens will show the actual url. But its still something of a guessing game if you have other active connections.