[leglug-users] Bandwidth Monitoring

[Maxim]

iptraf ??

On 2/11/07, Denys (VISP) <nuclearcat-lelug at nuclearcat.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
>
>
> I am working in one of the stupid ISP, so please choose correct words. If
> you
> are so smart, make ur own ISP with pure unlimited broadband. Bandwidth in
> Lebanon is almost expensive in world (more expensive in poor countries of
> Africa, kyrgyzstan/kazakhstan, Afghanistan). There is just no way to make
> unlimited plans, without proper "ground" infrastructure and backbone
> connectivity, ISP's tried that, and they fail, results didn't fit in
> business
> plan.
>
> I suggest to use brain, and write small script. It depends on your
> connection, if ppp - you can just use ifconfig and simple perl script, and
> collect statistics anywhere you like. If eth - here is more difficult,
> sometimes you dont need to count broadcasts, maybe good result you will
> get
> from iptables with proper filtering rules.
>
> To write ~10 line script it will take 10 minutes, most of the developers
> dont
> bother them-self to write so simple tools for public. Maybe good idea will
> be
> to make some Lebanese traffic meter, localized to Lebanese ISP's.
>
> Also you can use ipcad, and poll it by rsh, to collect detailed stat's
> with
> ports/IP's/time, if ISP will count for you more than you download, you can
> prove that u didnt.
>
> But if u r still lazy
> http://humdi.net/vnstat/
>
>
> On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:40:48  0200, Alaa Salman wrote
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > For people using the (so-called)broadband service in Lebanon, after
> > the traffic limitation, what kind of monitoring tools are you using?
> >
> > I was using a tool called bandwithd but i am not really sure if it
> > is working correctly. It seems to be displaying the wrong statistics.
> >
> > Anyway, what i need is just to monitor my bandwith usage by month or
> > something similar. Any other statistics ofcourse are nice, but i can
> > live without them.
> >
> > I found several network monitoring tools, but i am not sure if any
> > have what i need.(FOSS developers are notoriously bad at writing
> > documentation)
> >
> > So until the stupid ISPs remove that limitation or implements one at
> > their side(i contacted them, they said that i should install one
> > myself and there are several tools for windows.....they failed to
> > consider that i am not on windows), what would you suggest?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alaa Salman
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> --
> Denys Fedoryshchenko
> Technical Manager
> Virtual ISP S.A.L.
>
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