[ubuntu-nz] recording network traffic data

[Michael Hudson]

On 22/04/10 11:53, Reinhold Pam Muller wrote:
> hello folks
>
> I have a home network with 3 linux boxes / one apple / 3 XP's and one vista (and the lapptop is dual boot [xp / fedora12]) and a dedicated network printer
>
> Recently we have blown our monthly broadband allowance (sighs) -
>
> I was wondering if any of you know of a decent simple piece of software that
> can record the data usage for each pc's  through the network and present this in like a summary (spreadsheet even) either daily or weekly
> even better if it can filter out internal LAN data flow
> Basically - i want to record the amount of data that each computer on our network sends and receives through our ADSL modem to the www
> At this stage i am not worried what wonderful shamefull websites we are hitting on - just more on the amount of data

I guess it's not really what you're looking for, but one of these 
gadgets would do the trick: http://www.webgauge.co.nz/Pricing.aspx

Cheers,
mwh