Re: per-connection byte counts

[Ted Kaczmarek <tedkaz@optonline.net>]

Ntop does a wonderful job of this, and according to what I read, the
latest version will allow you to store to a file . I mostly use it to
collect sflow data, but have run it on our nms as a local agent as well.

Ted
On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 19:50, bino-psn wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Antony Stone" <Antony@Soft-Solutions.co.uk>
> To: <netfilter@lists.netfilter.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 7:31 AM
> Subject: Re: per-connection byte counts
> 
> 
> > If this package provides the information you need, why not just run it on
> the
> > netfilter machine?   What's the need for a separate box?
> 
> No problem Sir.
> I just want to split the Monitoring-function from the Packet-Forwarding
> function.
> I just don't want a fail of one function savere the other.
> I never mix complex function in a single box, unless they need tobe.
> my small corporate network is build from a bunch of used classic pentium
> class PC, with small RAM .. and WISP-Dist in it.
> Let's say that the network is in a peak state ... super high traffic. It
> will eat more CPU of the monitoring function. I don't want this to kick-down
> the packet-forward function. That why I put it in another box.
> 
> Sincerely
> -bino-
> 
>