Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-07 Thread Paul Koch
On Wednesday 06 December 2006 02:48, Benjamin Adams wrote: > I'm on a network that has a normal store firewall, setup as a NAT. > I'm trying to find a way to monitor all bandwidth by clients through > that firewall. I don't have the ability to just put an inline box to > examine packets. Is ther

Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-06 Thread Julian Elischer
Benjamin D Adams wrote: On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 16:25 -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: Benjamin D Adams wrote: What my network looks like: NET | NAT/FIREWALL(2.1.24.34) | /-[ HUB ]\< put a cheap hub here

Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-06 Thread Benjamin D Adams
On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 16:25 -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > Benjamin D Adams wrote: > > What my network looks like: > > NET > > | > > NAT/FIREWALL(2.1.24.34) > > | > > ---< put a cheap hub here > > | |

Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-06 Thread Julian Elischer
Benjamin D Adams wrote: What my network looks like: NET | NAT/FIREWALL(2.1.24.34) | ---< put a cheap hub here | | | 2.1.24.35 2.1.24.36 2.1.24.37 if you place a cheap 100M

Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-06 Thread Benjamin D Adams
What my network looks like: NET | NAT/FIREWALL(2.1.24.34) | --- | | | 2.1.24.35 2.1.24.36 2.1.24.37 There is no DHCP, I don't think it is possablie to do this but I want to install a

Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-06 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Dec 6, 2006, at 10:38 AM, Brett Glass wrote: Is adding a hub or a bridge a topology change? I'd argue that it wasn't. Um. Adding a normal client machine to an existing hub or switch does not constitute a topology change. Adding a new hub or bridge most certainly would constitute a top

Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-06 Thread Art Mason
On Wednesday 06 December 2006 11:53, Josh Paetzel wrote: > On Wednesday 06 December 2006 10:11, Julian Elischer wrote: > > Josh Paetzel wrote: > > > On Tuesday 05 December 2006 23:52, Brett Glass wrote: > > >> Add a few IPFW "count" rules to count the bytes and packets. > > >> Then, periodically ha

Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-06 Thread Brett Glass
At 10:53 AM 12/6/2006, Josh Paetzel wrote: >He specifically said in his original post that putting a machine >between the router and his lan wasn't an option. His question >was, "Is there a program where I can see whats going on from the >computer on that network?" The answer to that question

Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-06 Thread Julian Elischer
Josh Paetzel wrote: On Wednesday 06 December 2006 10:11, Julian Elischer wrote: Josh Paetzel wrote: On Tuesday 05 December 2006 23:52, Brett Glass wrote: Add a few IPFW "count" rules to count the bytes and packets. Then, periodically harvest and reset the counters via a cron job and write the

Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-06 Thread Josh Paetzel
On Wednesday 06 December 2006 10:11, Julian Elischer wrote: > Josh Paetzel wrote: > > On Tuesday 05 December 2006 23:52, Brett Glass wrote: > >> Add a few IPFW "count" rules to count the bytes and packets. > >> Then, periodically harvest and reset the counters via a cron job > >> and write the resu

Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-06 Thread Julian Elischer
Josh Paetzel wrote: On Tuesday 05 December 2006 23:52, Brett Glass wrote: Add a few IPFW "count" rules to count the bytes and packets. Then, periodically harvest and reset the counters via a cron job and write the results to a file. You can then prepare tables and charts which are as simple or a

Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-06 Thread Brett Glass
At 02:13 AM 12/6/2006, Josh Paetzel wrote: >Just curious.but where is he going to run ipfw? I seriously doubt >his router can run it, and what good is it going to do him to run it >on a machine on the network if the network is switched? It's not >going to be able to see any of the traffic

Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-06 Thread Josh Paetzel
On Tuesday 05 December 2006 23:52, Brett Glass wrote: > Add a few IPFW "count" rules to count the bytes and packets. Then, > periodically harvest and reset the counters via a cron job and > write the results to a file. You can then prepare tables and charts > which are as simple or as fancy as you

Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-05 Thread Brett Glass
Add a few IPFW "count" rules to count the bytes and packets. Then, periodically harvest and reset the counters via a cron job and write the results to a file. You can then prepare tables and charts which are as simple or as fancy as you please, without resorting to SNMP (which isn't secure). A l

Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-05 Thread Joe Holden
Benjamin Adams wrote: > I'm on a network that has a normal store firewall, setup as a NAT. I'm > trying to find a way to monitor all bandwidth by clients through that > firewall. I don't have the ability to just put an inline box to examine > packets. Is there a program where I can see whats goi

Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-05 Thread Josh Paetzel
On Tuesday 05 December 2006 11:45, pete wright wrote: > On 12/5/06, Benjamin Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm on a network that has a normal store firewall, setup as a > > NAT. I'm trying to find a way to monitor all bandwidth by > > clients through that firewall. I don't have the ability

Re: Bandwidth Monitoring program

2006-12-05 Thread pete wright
On 12/5/06, Benjamin Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm on a network that has a normal store firewall, setup as a NAT. I'm trying to find a way to monitor all bandwidth by clients through that firewall. I don't have the ability to just put an inline box to examine packets. Is there a program