Flow-tools will let you measure traffic on that basis, but it won't let you throttle a users' bandwidth. You'll need to use the Mikrotik shaping features for bandwidth control.
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 08:49:43PM +1300, Don Gould wrote: > Hello List, > > I've had a bit of a look at the web site and see there are some netflow > tools. > > What I'm interested to know, is given my requirement below, do you see > your tools as being what I need to get the job done or can anyone > recommend another GPL floss bit of software that would help me? > > I've managed to get my Mikrotik RB 750G (5 port gigibit, linux based > router) to throw data at my ntop set up and can see all sorts of stuff. > > However it doesn't seem to do what I want it to. > > I see it doesn't seem to talk about interfaces on the 750 but IP > addresses. I guess that's fine for what I'm interested in. > > My next challenge is, how do I get the data in a form I want to see it? > > For starters I want to know how much data my wife[1] has used. Now to > make it more interesting, she has two computers ? for the sake of > argument we'll assume they're 192.168.88.2 and .3. How do I consolidate > her systems? > > I'm interested in knowing a few things: > > 1. How much local traffic does she generate ? ie data to 192.168.88.0/24 > 2. How much internet traffic does she generate ? ie data to things that > are not 88.0/24 and xx.0/24 > 3. How much traffic does she generate to xx.0/24? > > xx.0/24 is another subnet on the same router, eg my neighbour who may be > sharing my internet connection. > > I also want to know these stats for each day and each month. > > I also want to be able to put a daily and monthly limit on her. ie/eg, > when she's used (ourISPMonthlyDataLimit/2People/30Days) I want to know > about it and then tell the router to do something... perhaps I'll block > her, perhaps I'll just email her and tell her to ease off, perhaps I'll > slow her CIR/BIR. > > How do I present all this info? How do I get at it? > > Yes, basically I'm currently trying to build a mini ISP billing/traffic > system for my house. > > [1] Wife, son, dog, cat... basically other internet user in the house. > > _______________________________________________ > Flow-tools mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.splintered.net/mailman/listinfo/flow-tools -- Michael W. Lucas http://www.MichaelWLucas.com/, http://blather.MichaelWLucas.com/ Latest book: Network Flow Analysis http://www.networkflowanalysis.com/ [email protected], Twitter @mwlauthor _______________________________________________ Flow-tools mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.splintered.net/mailman/listinfo/flow-tools
