Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 22:19:20 -0500 (EST) From: Joe Oliveiro <joe@advancewebhosting.com> To: chip@chocobo.cx Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network monitoring Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011292218550.186-100000@joe.pythonvideo.com> In-Reply-To: <20001129181422.A60319@setzer.chocobo.cx>
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Will ipfw count ips not binded to the box? FreeBSD - The BEST upgrade you can do to NT! On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Chip Marshall wrote: > On November 29, 2000, Joe Oliveiro sent me the following: > > I need to monitor the ip traffic of the network without each and every > > computer running a snmpd. For this i have ran FE from the router to a hub > > then the hub to the rest of the network. Now i'm looking for a program > > which will sniff the network and create stats of bandwidth usage per ip > > address. Is there such a program that already exists? > > One of the tricks I've used to do this sort of thing in the past is to > setup and ipfw rule for each ip address you want to monitor. By using > ipfw count rules, you can get a count of the number of packets and > number of bytes matching each rule, then you just need a script to > check this from time to time and record it. > > It's not a great solution, but it works. > > -- > Chip Marshall <chip@chocobo.cx> http://www.chocobo.cx/chip/ Finger for PGP > GCM/CS d+(-) s+:++ a18>? C++ UB++++$ P+++$ L- E--- W++ N+@ o K- w O M+ V-- > PS PE Y? PGP++ t+@ 5 X R>+ tv+() b++>+++ DI++++ D(-) G++ e>++ h!>++ r-- y- > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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