Where is incoming traffic coming from?

[Siggy Brentrup]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 10:17 +0200, Amedee @ Ubuntu wrote:
> 
> On Fri, July 31, 2009 05:14, Siggy Brentrup wrote:
> > I don't know what exactly vnstat counts.  In an argument with my ISP I
> > once was told that they count all traffic, even the one dropped
> > resp. rejected by my firewall, but even then numbers seem to be
> > extrodinary high.
> 
> Vnstat counts every packet that reaches the network card, even packets
> that get dropped/rejected. Your ISP is right.

That depends on your point of view.  This dispute was back when I had
to pay per megabyte after exceeding 5G of traffic per month.  When
dropping packets, unwanted traffic amounted to ~20%.  There must be a
lot of Windoze boxes on that subnet :( As a result I had to pay an
extra ~100€/month for unwanted traffic - ISP is in power.  With a
proper flatrate that I have now I don't care much about that traffic
as long as it doesn't slow down the line.

>                                                     Next time
> > please come with a URL, these tables make mails way too big.
> 
> Sorry, next time I'll use pastebin. The thought occured to me when I
> reread my mail - after I sent it.

the list will be grateful :)
  Siggy
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