Short answer is that MRTG can monitor the device, but nothing can log the 
traffic per-computer, because this device does not provide that level of detail 
in the information.

Longer answer is that, for the WIRED connections, the internal switch probably 
keeps per-port counts, so devices with dedicated ports on the device you can 
probably count traffic for (although it will include internal traffic).

MRTG can monitor anything it can talk to, so there is no reason you should not 
be able to monitor this device from a remote site, provided you enable SNMP on 
the external interface.

If you want to monitor all WAN traffic per-source/destination, you will need to 
either have an additional network sniffer, or else route all traffic via 
another (linux?) server which can use software (eg iptables) to perform the 
required additional packet analysis.

STeve

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From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of Eric Woods [[email protected]]

I am looking at getting an Asus WL-600g modem/router/wap. I would like to able 
to monitor how much traffic each computer connected to it (wired and wireless) 
uses. The WL-600g is linux based and appears to have SNMP, so I am hoping MRTG 
is a viable option.

However, I could not find an answer anywhere to a couple of questions:

Can MRTG log traffic per connected computer separately?

I use an offsite web hosting company, where I intend to install MRTG (as it is 
on 24/7). Will this work - can MRTG on the offsite server connect to the 
WL-600g, or does MRTG have to be running on a local box connected directly to 
the WL-600g?

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