and ipcop does exactly that + it caches your updates as a bonus + it allows you to block websites, assign quota to users and do port forwarding (to your windows boxes).
It runs on a PIII if you can still find one. -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Friday 15 October 2010 09:33:50 Stephen S. Musoke wrote: > Reinier, > > Thanks, however this seems to be for Windows Updates. What I am looking for > is a way to monitor the bandwidth passing through a NIC that's connecting > me to the Internet (my gateway), so that I can identify what kind of > traffic is going out and coming in. > > My ISP tells me that my link is saturated, but they cannot provide me with > any graphs/data/information, so seems like I have to do the hard work > myself. > > Stephen > > -----Original Message----- > From: Reinier Battenberg [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 9:10 AM > To: Linux Users Group Uganda > Subject: Re: [LUG] Bandwidth Monitoring on a NIC > > Flash it with IPcop, i would say. > > Then install the http://update-accelerator.advproxy.net/ and see how all > your > winblows updates get cached. > > That will give you less traffic to monitor :-) > > > Dear All, > > > > What open source tools can I monitor the bandwidth usage on a NIC, the OS > > is windows 2003 server. I am using this box to connect my internal LAN to > > my ISP, and since I cannot get data from them, I can try to get some data > > myself > > > > I know, I know this is a LUG forum, but I believe that the members of > > this forum deal with this kind of problem on a regular basis hence my > > question. And no, I cannot change my OS > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Stephen > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > way. --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
