[48969] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Bandwidth Monitoring by IP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (joe mcguckin)
Thu Jun 20 13:18:21 2002
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 10:14:30 -0700
From: joe mcguckin <joe@via.net>
To: "Mitchell, Dan" <Dan.Mitchell@hosting.com>,
NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <593552EB08E7D411902F0002A52C7BBED1323B@hnmdexc01.hosting.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
If you're running *BSD, install a packet filter that counts octets - one
filter rule per IP address. Then sample every 5 minutes.
On 6/20/02 5:48 AM, "Mitchell, Dan" <Dan.Mitchell@hosting.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know of a low-cost solution for monitoring bandwidth by IP? My
> original thought was 1 switch port = 1 IP, but in the case of virtual IP's
> on a single port, that just wouldn't work. I'm seeing more and more of a
> demand for a basic BW report by IP, so our customers can bill their customer
> accordingly.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> Dan Mitchell
> Internet Systems Engineer - Boston
> AllegianceInternet / Hosting.com
> 781.478.1857 Direct Line
> dan.mitchell@hosting.com
>
>
