... if you're that worried, look at the thresholding options in mrtg/rrd, and shut it down automatically.
On Wed, 24 May 2006 16:05:39 +1200 Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I went the other way and am taking daily stamps of traffic in and out > > of the eth1 interface (yes, I use the ethernet port on the DSL > > modem). > > One more reason to ditch a dedicated firewall (like ipcop, etc) and use > a general Linux distro instead. I know what's there, and I can install > the software I need. And no fancy web GUI... > > But I still like the idea of the equivalent of cabletraffic. > > > After all that, the data isn't particularly useful to me. Except for > > the day I installed Google Earth and used about 10% of my monthly > > data cap in a couple of hours :) > > Volume charges of $3/GB combined with an upload speed of 2Mbit/s > (= $60/day) are a good reason to be interested in traffic volumes, more > so if you put in a web server too for fun. > > Volker > > -- > Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header > http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
