Re: [pmacct-discussion] pmacct and nat ?

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Sebastien,

Sébastien CRAMATTE wrote:
>>> I'm running pmacctd on a natted network.
>>> pmacctd account properply local traffic. My problem is that when I visit 
>>> a website  o any other thing that is after the  nat router (I'm 
>>> connected with cable modem) traffic is never accounted !
>>>     
>> Do you mean that you don't see traffic from other machines on your 
>> network out to the Internet? That probably means that your machine 
>> doesn't see the traffic. If it's in promiscuous mode, that probably 
>> means that you have a switch rather than a hub.
 >
> Yes I've got a switch. I will try to setup it as a bridge. I believe 
> that I can't setup my router switch (I'm using dd-wrt on a buffalo)
> pmacct is a great tool ;) ... I don't blame it ;)
> I'm a newbie in  ...

Try running pmacct with the netflow plugin on your dd-wrt router, to 
send traffic records to your monitoring box?

Cheers, Chris.
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