> On 30 Aug 2013, at 16:47, Colin Fee <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Thank you James for the 'netflow' hint.  Already I've found flow-toold and 
> fprobe...the search continues.

ntop is great for protocol and destination breakdown: http://www.ntop.org/
it should also be in most repositories 



>> On 30 August 2013 16:29, James Harper <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > I want to track/monitor/log our home broadband usage, specifically I want 
>> > to
>> > track where the quota is being used e.g. sites, services.  I can get usage
>> > meters from our ISP (Internode) but these only show an aggregate of how
>> > much we've used.
>> >
>> > I've looked at tools like bandwidthd and cacti and have installed 
>> > bandwidth to
>> > see what it can show me.
>> >
>> > Is there anything I can install onto my linux server that watch and log 
>> > what
>> > we use when?
>> >
>> 
>> A squid proxy can be useful for this, but obviously only for http/https 
>> traffic, and proxying isn't without its problems.
>> 
>> Otherwise, 'netflow' is a useful keyword to use when googling.
>> 
>> Of course all of this relies on either your linux server being the router 
>> (or in a position to intercept all traffic), or your router supporting the 
>> export of netflow data to your server for processing.
>> 
>> James
> 
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