Check out bandwidthd:
http://bandwidthd.sourceforge.net/
Take a look at the screenshots and see if it meets
your requiremnets.
Regards
Jamshid
--- Minh Van Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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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