that is a lot of work I was hoping for a small windows app ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Salimbangon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 3:56 PM Subject: RE: [CFTALKTor] OT - Network traffic
> tucows. not really but i'll give it a try..thanks. > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [CFTALKTor] OT - Network traffic > Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 15:28:50 -0500 > > No, unfortunately I don't, I always get what I need out of the man pages > (which comes with the install). > > Here is a snippet of a relevant part of the man pages for ipchains: > Accounting rules are now simply integrated into the input > and output chains; you can simulate the old behaviour like > so: > ipchains -N acctin > ipchains -N acctout > ipchains -N acctio > ipchains -I input -j acctio > ipchains -I input -j acctin > ipchains -I output -j acctio > ipchains -I output -j acctout > This creates three user-defined chains, acctin, acctout > and acctio, which are to contain any accounting rules > (these rules should be specified without a -j flag, so > that the packets simply pass through them unscathed). > > This doc outlines local traffic accounting. You would need to put the NIC > into permiscuous mode so it accepts all packets, and then do your rules: > if source = LAN and dest = LAN then > ignore > else > add packet to bandwidth counter > endif > > ie > ipchains -N isptraffic > ipchains -N localtraffic > ipchains -I input -s 10.0.0.0/16 -d 10.0.0.0/16 -j localtraffic > ipchains -I input -s !10.0.0.0/16 -j isptraffic > ipchains -I input -d !10.0.0.0/16 -j isptraffic > > In retrospect, if you are not familiar with linux tcp/ip routing principles, > this may be a lot of work just to do some network accounting. Perhaps there > are prefab apps that run on windows, have you tried tucows? > > Terry Fielder > Network Engineer > Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Joseph Salimbangon > > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 3:00 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [CFTALKTor] OT - Network traffic > > > > > > Hi Terry, > > > > do u have a link for linux router configuration? > > > > thanks.. > > > > joe > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: [CFTALKTor] OT - Network traffic > > Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:52:30 -0500 > > > > If you any old PC you can throw linux onto, linux has built > > into the kernel > > (ipchains) the ability to monitor bandwidth in a couple of > > different ways. > > As long as it is on a broadcast LAN, it can be set count > > packets/bytes for > > frames destined for outside your LAN, or coming in from > > outside your LAN. > > This means you will need a spare port on your linksys, or > > piggyback your a > > hub onto your linksys. > > > > > > Terry Fielder > > Network Engineer > > Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Mike > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 1:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [CFTALKTor] OT - Network traffic > > > Hi All, > > Sorry to post off topic, but I was wondering if anyone on the list know > of > any way of metering the amount of traffic we use from our ISP. We are > shopping for a DSL connection but we haven't got a clue how much we have. > We are presently using a small linksys router to share our present > connection. > > If anyone has a suggestion I appreciate it. > > Please reply off list. > > Thanks > > Mickael > > > > > Joseph Salimbangon > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > - > You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. > This message has been posted by: "Joseph Salimbangon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. > (http://www.infopreneur.net) > > - > You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. > This message has been posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. > (http://www.infopreneur.net) > > > > > Joseph Salimbangon > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > - > You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. > This message has been posted by: "Joseph Salimbangon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. > (http://www.infopreneur.net) > - You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. 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