Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 18:57:52 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@sdf.com> To: Kurt Jaeger <pi@complx.LF.net> Cc: "Jean M. Vandette" <vandj@securenet.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IP or packet Accounting Software for burst connections. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911241856380.18907-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <m11qZnF-000zzVC@complx.LF.net>
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On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > Hi! > > > > > I was wondering if any one would know of a software that would > > > > do packet or bandwidth accounting for billing a burstable connection, > > > > and also something that would keep track of how many bytes a > > > > client consumed during the period (month). > > > > I modified tcpdump to do bean, ehr, packet/byte counting. > > > > ftp://ftp.LF.net/pub/unix/systems/FreeBSD/sw/ipcount-19991106.tgz > > > > It also requires sleepycat's/berkely DB, some 2.7.x version. > > > > Basically, it will add up the bytes that match a given tcpdump expression, > > > over a configurable interval. > > > That seems rather silly, since ipfw can do that already. > > My bean-count-list is roughly 3000 records large. Will ipfw scale to > that number of rules ? For 2-3 times 34mbit/sec ? Well, think about it, how could it be any slower? Are bpf rules more efficient than ipfw rules since they have to be evaluated at the same layer? Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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