I need a little while to digest this and reply - somedays I actually
have to work! :)

Quickly though, broadcast traffic will not cross routers except under
certain circumstances such as bootp / dhcp forwarding.  Multicast will
not unless the network is configured to do so - won't work be default.

Gary


>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/2/2006 6:27 PM >>>
The -m technique works, but I'm having a bit of confusion with
interfaces: I have two, eth0 for external and eth1 for internal.  When
I use ntop -M option, along with -m "x.x.x.x" for all the ip addresses
of my school, what do I see when I view local/remote traffic on eth1?
My internal subnet is 10.10.10.*.  Currently, it seems as if viewing
local-local traffic on eth1 only shows traffic between the 10.10.10.*
networks.  I hope local-remote shows the traffic from 10.10.10.* to
the external world, beyond my school's network?

eth0 interface is also confusing...when I look at local-local page, I
see various computers on my school's network listed; I don't see how
they would be accessing my router's eth0 interface unless I contacted
them first, which I haven't.  The transfer is very small....between
5kB to a max of 50kB.  Can broadcast and multicast and similar things
account for thier presence?

eth0 local-remote shows my own router, along with computers on the
school's network, with data usages.  My own router contacts the
outside, but how do other computer on the school network have data
going through my router to the external network?

My end purpose is to measure the data transfer per each internal
10.10.10.* on the eth1 internal interface:
10.10.10.* -> other 10.10.10.*
10.10.10.* -> internal school network (outside of eth0 network) which
I can define with ip addresses
10.10.10.* -> outside world internet (everything outside of eth0 that
is not defined as internal school)

Which of the various pages should I look at to see these three data
usage stats?

Thanks for your help.

On 10/2/06, Gary Gatten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, but you'll need to know what the schools internal IP's are and
make
> them "local" with the -m switch.  The you can view the local-remote
and
> remote-local traffic - where remote is outside the school and local
is
> the school.  If you can't find all their IP's you can simply use all
the
> RFC 1918 address space with the -m.  Won't be perfect, but in theory
> anything other than 1918 addresses will be "outside" - general
public
> routable addresses.
>
> You could also apply a filter (BPF) so nTop ignore all "local to
local"
> traffic and only captures everything else.
>
> HTH
>
> Gary
>
>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/1/2006 2:30 AM >>>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm trying to use ntop for a specific purpose, and setting it up has
> been tough.
>
> I'm in college, where they apply a 5GB to all students per month of
> access outside of the school.  Any access to a school network
doesn't
> count towards the limit.  Currently, I have a linux router with NAT
> that is then connected to an access point.  This means that anyone
who
> connects to my access point goes through my router and charges
towards
> my 5GB limit if they access outside of school.
>
> My internal IP addresses are organized 10.10.10.* on interface eth0,
> and my external interface is eth1.  This school has four subnets, in
> the fassion of x.x.*.*
>
> I'm letting friends use my wireless, but I also want to keep a check
> on how much they use, since I get charged if it goes over 5GB/month.
>
> Is it possible to filter ntop so I can view the bandwidth usage for
> all bandwidth that leaves from the internal network and goes outside
> of the school's network?  So basically, I want to see each
individual
> 10.10.10.* ip address's contact with ip addresses that are not
x.x.*.*
>  Incoming and outgoing transfer both count.
>
> Any help is appreciated, or pointers to info on similar situations
>
> Thanks,
> Jimmy
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