On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Dan Cowsill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Not too long ago, I set up a router powered by Gentoo Linux and old > computer hardware. So far, it has worked like a charm and I am quite > pleased with my accomplishment. > > I am quite active in various BitTorrent communities, however my ISP > doesn't take kindly to me eating all their precious bandwidth. Up > until now, I have been using a cheap little windows utility to monitor > monthly bandwidth and warn me if I go above my ISP's maximum. > However, this has become inaccurate due to my use of Windows network > shares. This machine now routinely records upload bandwidth in excess > of 300 gigabytes per month, however I do not know which part of that > is actually going to the interwebs. > > My question is this: is there a utility in Portage that you could > recommend that would monitor bandwidth on a specific network > interface, send me monthly reports via email and warn me if I am using > too much bandwidth? I don't know about email reports, but have you check out this week's GMN? :
http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gmn/20080526-newsletter.xml > > Thanks a bunch > > -- > Dan Cowsill > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
