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Date:      Sat, 11 Mar 2000 19:40:01 +1030 (CST)
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Rowan Crowe <rowan@sensation.net.au>
Cc:        aussie-isp@aussie.net, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: [Oz-ISP] tagging IP packets travelling over internal network
Message-ID:  <XFMail.000311194001.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.01.10003111752290.15891-100000@velvet.sensation.net.au>

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On 11-Mar-00 Rowan Crowe wrote:
> The problem with this is that I have to account at 4 different inbound
> points, and something central has to collect this data from the
> individual
> points and apply them to a single account.
> (Accurate) accounting can't be done from a single point because some
> traffic will enter and leave via the same router, plus it's difficult to
> assume what is national and international based on the source alone.

Why don't you place machines at the entry points which log the information
you need, and then have a central machine get the data off them and
collate it appropriatly..

Gee, it sounds really simple said like that 8-)

---
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
"The nice thing about standards is that there
are so many of them to choose from."
  -- Andrew Tanenbaum


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