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ntop would work if its actually a hub. ntop would work with a switch
also but you'd have to tell the switch to make sure that your BSD
box gets a copy of all traffic.

On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 08:55:59AM -0700, Jim Pazarena wrote:
> Is there the ability to have a server which is in the common hub
> monitor bandwidth usage of clients going out the gateway?
> 
> My telco will shortly be changing billing practices and bandwidth
> usage per client will be extremely important per customer.
> 
> Is there a FreeBSD port available to do this, or must I have an appliance
> in-line that all traffic passes thru?
> 
> Thanks!
> Jim
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