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Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, Duncan Shannon <dshannon@techfluent.com>
Subject: Re: Network monitoring software
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Vulpes Velox wrote:
> On Mon, 22 May 2006 16:45:31 -0700
> Aaron Holmes <aaron@aaronholmes.net> wrote:
>
>   
>>>> My company has asked me to setup some network monitoring
>>>> software so 
>>>>         
>>> we
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> can watch what clients are doing on the Internet and so forth.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Can you be more specific about what you are hoping to achieve?
>>>
>>> duncan
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> We need to be able to watch how much time clients are online, what
>> they are doing (such as checking email, or playing games), how much
>> bandwidth is being used.
>> In the long run, I suppose this will be used to limit speeds and 
>> applications and such, I'm not entirely sure. All I told is that
>> they wish to watch what is being done.
>>     
>
> For the web stuff, squid sounds like it would fit the description.
> Check the ports out for bandwidth tracking stuff as well. IIRC there
> is one that can track stuff based on IPFW rules.
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will do.
thanks