Help getting traffic value
 

Hello.

I am wondering how can I find out how much traffic a client has consumed on a linux router at a point of time. For example I guess I should run a script (bash or php) to find out how many bytes has pass through the router to and from ip 192.168.2.100. I would like to know how I can get that value.

I know if I issue iptables -nvL | grep 192.168.2.100 I get some values but, if the router gets restarted or iptables rules are flushed I'll loose those values.

Any idea?

Thanks in advanced.

Have a look at ulogd, or similar solutions. They allow you
to store iptables accounting information into e.g. a postgreSQL
database (which will keep track over reboots).


Cheers,
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