measuring broadband usage

[Florian Primessnig]

Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
> I know that this would mean it would have to become some kind of proxy
> system so that connections are made through it BUT I do not want it to
> be a full-blown squid cache. The requirements are:
> 	1. Be able to record download/upload statistics.
> 	2. Provide a web-based admin page so that users can easily see the
> stats from the other computers and administer it.
>
> What are the options?
>   
1) check wheter snmp works with your router and graph the collected data 
with mrtg or rrdtool. would be the best solution.
2) your linux box could be a gateway so any traffic has to pass through 
it. you can do this with  iptables (check the manual on NAT-routing). 
traffic is then accounted via iptables. there are many tools out there, 
i personally prefer "ntop" (http://www.ntop.org) or "ipac-ng" 
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipac-ng/). i think both of them would 
fit your needs.
3) your linux box could be a real router. this would be the best 
solution if u have several public ip's for your workstations, otherwise 
i wouldn't recommend it. check out "devil linux" 
(http://www.devil-linux.org) - a  specialized routing distro.

hope this helps
Florian
^
> Many thanks and regards
>
> Gabe
>
>
>   


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