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Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, Duncan Shannon <dshannon@techfluent.com>
Subject: Re: Network monitoring software
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On Mon, 22 May 2006 16:45:31 -0700
Aaron Holmes <aaron@aaronholmes.net> wrote:

> >
> >> My company has asked me to setup some network monitoring
> >> software so 
> > we
> >   
> >> can watch what clients are doing on the Internet and so forth.
> >>     
> >
> > Can you be more specific about what you are hoping to achieve?
> >
> > duncan
> >
> >
> >   
> We need to be able to watch how much time clients are online, what
> they are doing (such as checking email, or playing games), how much
> bandwidth is being used.
> In the long run, I suppose this will be used to limit speeds and 
> applications and such, I'm not entirely sure. All I told is that
> they wish to watch what is being done.

For the web stuff, squid sounds like it would fit the description.
Check the ports out for bandwidth tracking stuff as well. IIRC there
is one that can track stuff based on IPFW rules.