Hi! Heve you tried MRTG?
http://mrtg.hdl.com/ On 27 May 2003, Mark Devin wrote: > I have already looked at the ULOG target including the ability to send > information about every packet to a MySQL database. However, I don't > need records on every packet sent. Instead, I only need totals on bytes > sent and received so that we can pass on charges to our clients. > > What I need to do is just to total bandwidth usage on a per IP basis for > our connected clients. Each client is issued with a fixed IP address in > the 192.168.17.0/24 range. > > I was thinking of using the ULOG target to send packets to a daemon I > will write which will simply keep a running tally of total bytes sent > and received. Then every day, a cron job can query this daemon to > obtain all the daily totals for storage in a MySQL database. > > Does anyone here use iptables in such a way to monitor and charge for > bandwidth usage? What solutions do large ISPs use in order to pass on > costs to clients? Do they somehow monitor usage at the routers? > > Regards. > Mark. >
