Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:52:45 -0700 From: "Shawn Workman" <shawn@bsdguy.com> To: "Stuart Henderson" <stuart@eclipse.net.uk>, "Dominik Brettnacher" <domi@saargate.de> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: IP Accounting Message-ID: <036301beee72$9ddd48c0$24a535cf@ieasoftware.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908242135330.1919-100000@dominik.saargate.de> <37C302EC.45A675B8@eclipse.net.uk>
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I always see that my NIC is in promiscuous mode, is that a bad thing? how do I change it if it is? ----- Original Message ----- From: Stuart Henderson <stuart@eclipse.net.uk> To: Dominik Brettnacher <domi@saargate.de> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 1:39 PM Subject: Re: IP Accounting > > I want to account the traffic between two of our systems by using a > > third box that is connected to the same ethernet that the other two > > are using. How do I set up this? > > One way is to route _through_ the accounting box, then you > can simply do, > > ipfw a 100 pass ip from %%% to ### > ipfw a 200 pass ip from ### to %%% > > and you can do "ipfw s" to show how many bytes and packets > passed through. If this is for stats for your own boxes rather > than billing, you could just add ipfw rules on the boxes > themselves. > > I haven't investigated this in depth yet but it is likely that > software like /usr/ports/net/trafshow might help as well, though > that would require you to put the network card in promiscuous > mode. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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