Hello,

I have a Linux dedicated box with firewalling built into the kernel. The box has multiple IP addresses. I am looking for a package to just monitor the totaly bandwidth and bandwidth per IP.

Bandmin looks good, but is it accurate?

I really just need to total in/out of the box, so I don't get a big supprise bill at the end of the month.

Pita

I would use mrtg (http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/) it is kind of obtuse to set up but once you are done it is a great reporting tool and very customizable. Don't be fooled by the name, it is approriate for a single server as well as multiple routers. I actually use it on all of my servers

Originally posted by SidVicious
I would use mrtg (http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/) it is kind of obtuse to set up but once you are done it is a great reporting tool and very customizable. Don't be fooled by the name, it is approriate for a single server as well as multiple routers. I actually use it on all of my servers


Yes, agree! ;)

I've see this posted a few times and I'm a bit confused. Bandmin just reads the accounting data from your firewall and adds it up.

So if Bandmin is not correct:

Is the firewall accounting not correctly conting things?
Bandmin can't add?


Just wondering,

Frank

i recommend mrtg as well

As far as I know, MRTG can't account per IP, just per ethernet port. If anyone has any information on logging per IP, please share.

bandmin: http://www.bandmin.org/

Bandmin is accurate for counting any type of data transfer except when the connection is initiated from inside the server. If the connection is initiated from the server, it will use the default IP for source address, and therefore bandmin will not count it.