From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 24 04:44:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA06094 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 04:44:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA06083 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 04:44:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.7.5/8.6.12) id PAA02121; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 15:41:41 +0300 (IDT) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma002119; Mon Mar 24 15:41:17 1997 Message-ID: <33367666.3A3A@barcode.co.il> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 15:41:10 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ishort@pcm.co.za CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stats on IP traffic References: <199703241214.OAA01541@pcmgate.pcm.co.za> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ishort@pcm.co.za wrote: > > Hi All > > Any ideas on how I can monitor IP traffic volumes through our FreeBSD > 2.1.5 machine? > > Our ISP is charging us per megabyte for international traffic so I > would need a package that could give me stats split up into IP > addresses so that one could get a report listing megabytes of local > trafficand international traffic byt hostname. I think ipfw (which is part of the basic FreeBSD) can do that. It lets you filter and/or keep accounting for traffic based on a wide variety of criteria. > > Regards, > > Irvine Short > > http://www.pcm.co.za/homepage/ishort/irv_home.html > > Technical Support > Professional Computer Manufacturers > Cape Town, South Africa > Tel: ++27-21-235084 Fax ++27-21-235089 Nadav