Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 14:12:18 -0400 From: Cody Baker <cody@wilkshire.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bandwidth monitoring Message-ID: <44774502.7060303@wilkshire.net> In-Reply-To: <20060526155758.GA69287@energistic.com> References: <4477250F.2@ccstores.com> <20060526155758.GA69287@energistic.com>
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Ntop is a good tool, we use it, but my experience is that it's buggy at best and downright unusable at times. Also, it's data isn't very portable. I'd recommend using SNMP data from a managed switch. If that's not an option the you might consider using SNMP data from your router or worst case directly from each individual server. In terms of software this generally means net-snmp connected to rrdtool or mrtg. I googled real quick and http://www.openxtra.co.uk/resource-center/open_source_network_monitoring.php seems to provide a quick front en to these tools. Thank You, Cody Baker cody@wilkshire.net Steve Ames wrote: > 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >> > _______________________________________________ > 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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