On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Colm MacCarthaigh wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 04:43:26PM +0100, Kieran.Tully AT acm.org wrote:
> > A conscientious network user would install a sniffer to measure how much of the
> > network traffic they were responsible for. Of course you'd need more than one
> > to get a fully representative picture of the network usage.
>> sniffers arn't terribly useful for gauging how much traffic you're
> generating. Interface counters are a more reliable, and far easier tool
> :)
>
Without using sniffers like ntop, what's the best way to track bandwidth
usage based on port on a simple Linux router? For bonus points, what's the
best way to track bandwidth usage based on source IP?
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Mel Gorman
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University of Limerick IBM Dublin Software Lab
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