Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 13:23:55 +0000 From: Vince <jhary@unsane.co.uk> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Marco_Gon=E7alves?= <marco.goncalves@waynext.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Log a network card traffic Message-ID: <454F376B.9020107@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <007b01c701a1$80cf4c20$3000a8c0@marco> References: <007b01c701a1$80cf4c20$3000a8c0@marco>
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Marco Gonçalves wrote: > Hi list, > > any thoughts about graphing in a nice MRTG all the traffic coming in and out from a network card using the simplest method possible ( and mininum cpu cycles possible). I think that runing SNMP is a bit too much just for getting this done. > Hmm a compination of rrdtool and netstat -ib should be enough if you just want traffic volume. netstat -ib will show in and out traffic in bytes (it you want bits i guess just multiply by 8 first) If you use pf/ipfw then maybe a pass rule and "pfctl -vs rules" and grep/sed/awk or similar on the output (to be fair if you use pf then maybe just use pfstat in ports.) > Thanks in advance > > > Marco Gonçalves > Analista-Programador > WayNext - web agency > > [w] http://www.waynext.com > [@] marco.goncalves@waynext.com > [t] (+351) 21 424 0002 > [f] (+351) 21 019 2757 > > TagusPark, N.C., 238, Oeiras, Portugal > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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