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From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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Subject: Re: Real-Time traffic monitor?
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In response to Eric F Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net>:

> Hey all,
> 
> I've got a fairly heavy-duty machine doing firewalling for my  
> network, and the VAST majority of it's processing power is going  
> unused.  As such, I'd like to put X on this box, attach a monitor,  
> and display a series of real-time traffic graphs.  Does anyone know  
> what the best software to use for this would be?

You have lots of choices: MRTG, Cacti, SmokePing, ntop are some that
I've used that come to mind.

Which one is "best" really depends on you and your situation.

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Bill Moran
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