Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 09:39:41 +0200 From: "Patrick O'Reilly" <patrick@mip.co.za> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "BSD Freak" <bsd-freak@mbox.com.au> Subject: RE: Traffic Metering Message-ID: <NDBBIMKICMDGDMNOOCAIKEFOCKAA.patrick@mip.co.za> In-Reply-To: <2365f0231763.2317632365f0@mbox.com.au>
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Try using the counters on ipfw - if that's what you're running for your
firewall.
Make sure there are ipfw rules to trap and count each customer's traffic
individually.
# ipfw -a list.
It might be primitive (no graphs, bells or whistles), but its accurate. A
little bit of scripting triggered by cron, to read the counters, write the
results somewhere, and reset them once a day should do the trick.
NB: be careful not to DOUBLE-COUNT the traffic. Remember, all packets pass
through ipfw twice, so make sure your counters are set up only on the inside
or the outside interface, NOT BOTH.
Patrick.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of BSD Freak
Sent: 05 June 2001 08:51
To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Traffic Metering
Hi all,
We run a small server co-location facility with a BSD border
firewall/router. We currently charge our clients a monthly charge
regardless of traffic. However we would like the option of charging per
megabyte of traffic, anyone have any ideas how we can keep a reliable
log of traffic volume per each of customer IP address on the network?
Thanks in advance .....
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