Hello :)
I am looking for an IP volume & bandwidth accounting package to track
user and/or workstation usage on a small network.
The accounting software is intended to be installed on the firewall.
The network has the following simple architecture:
{~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~}
{ }
{ Internet }
{ }
{~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~}
|
|
/------------\
| ADSL Modem |
\------------/
|
|
=====================
# IPChains Firewall # (Redhat 6.2)
=====================
|
|
.-----------.
( HUB )
.-----------.
| | |
|-------------------+ | +---------------------|
| | |
+------------------+ +------------------+
+------------------+
| Workstation | | Workstation | | Workstation
|
| IP: 192.168.0.55 | | IP: 192.168.0.56 | | IP: 192.168.0.57
|
+------------------+ +------------------+
+------------------+
The problem is the monthly ISP download limit (20 gb) for this network
constantly gets reached before the next billing cycle, so there is a
need to encourage people to be more responsible.
The requirements (in order of priority) are,
(1) Generate a report or summary of network volume utiltisation to &
from each workstation and/or network interface
(2) Monitor network traffic for times of peak and off-peak activity
(plain ASCII, graphical chart or written report (doesn't matter))
(3) If necessary, track websites or external/internal IP connections
made from a particular workstation
I quickly browsed the info on ipac, nmap, Cacti, MRTG and Squid the
other day and was wondering if I was on the right track.
I think MRTG requires SNMP, but there are no such devices on this
small network. ipac is old and the official source doesn't support
2.4.x kernels (IPChains).
Thanks !
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