Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 14:27:35 -0400 From: "Steve Ames" <steve@virtual-voodoo.com> To: "Cody Baker" <cody@wilkshire.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bandwidth monitoring Message-ID: <017a01c680f2$1061e590$aa00030a@officescape.net> References: <4477250F.2@ccstores.com> <20060526155758.GA69287@energistic.com> <44774502.7060303@wilkshire.net>
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SNMP is solid if each individual client is connected to its own port on a switch that you have SNMP access to. In that case your suggestion is dead-on. I was assuming that the information had to be snagged at a higher layer but re-reading the original question I'm not sure why I believed that. Cody Baker wrote: > 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" >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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