From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 26 18:12:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C269816A9C7 for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 18:12:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cody@wilkshire.net) Received: from mail.wilkshire.net (mail.wilkshire.net [12.111.120.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5B2443D48 for ; Fri, 26 May 2006 18:12:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cody@wilkshire.net) Received: (qmail 25020 invoked from network); 26 May 2006 14:12:21 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (10.10.55.25) by 10.10.55.20 with SMTP; 26 May 2006 14:12:21 -0400 Received: from mail.wilkshire.net ([10.10.55.20]) by localhost (virusproxy5.wilkshire.net [10.10.55.25]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 25307-05; Fri, 26 May 2006 14:12:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.57.128.241] (fw1.bolivar.wilkshire.net [12.111.120.4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.wilkshire.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB452A74248; Fri, 26 May 2006 14:12:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <44774502.7060303@wilkshire.net> Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 14:12:18 -0400 From: Cody Baker User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org References: <4477250F.2@ccstores.com> <20060526155758.GA69287@energistic.com> In-Reply-To: <20060526155758.GA69287@energistic.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at wilkshire.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: bandwidth monitoring X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 18:12:29 -0000 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" >