keeping traffic numbers for ppp0 or eth0 interface

sensovision · 03-02-2005, 05:40 PM

Hi folks, is there any way to keep traffic amount which flow through some device maybe using ifconfig tool or some other, so reboot wouldn't influent it?
(I know I could count all traffic through iptables but I thought that there maybe some solution to make interface remeber it's values).

Technoslave · 03-03-2005, 10:24 AM

I use a program called vnstat.

Don't know if it has everything you're looking for. But it keeps stats on how much traffic has gone through my NICs.

http://humdi.net/vnstat/

sensovision · 03-09-2005, 09:35 AM

thanks! I'll look into it. But I think that need to use iptables anyway since there are a lot of localnet traffic which I don't really interested in.

sensovision · 03-09-2005, 10:12 AM

update: just installed it and it looks like a nice way to track general data. Thanks for advice!

sandgroper · 03-09-2005, 08:31 PM

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Originally posted by sensovision
Hi folks, is there any way to keep traffic amount which flow through some device maybe using ifconfig tool or some other, so reboot wouldn't influent it?
(I know I could count all traffic through iptables but I thought that there maybe some solution to make interface remeber it's values).

You could have a look at

iptraf

It has quite a few good things about it.

Technoslave · 03-10-2005, 09:13 AM

iptraf is nice, anyone know of a way to throw the data it gathers in to an sql DB? The problem with iptraf is that it doesn't survive reboots, and doesn't keep long term data.

sandgroper · 03-10-2005, 01:50 PM

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Originally posted by Technoslave
iptraf is nice, anyone know of a way to throw the data it gathers in to an sql DB? The problem with iptraf is that it doesn't survive reboots, and doesn't keep long term data.

Have you tried using ethereal ?
You can save all the stats to a file , retrieve it and filter it.

Technoslave · 03-10-2005, 04:41 PM

Ethereal and iptraf aren't the same thing, I'm familiar with both...I've just always wanted what iptraf puts out ( specifically the port stats, how much traffic over http, ssh, etc ), and be able to have that info go to an sql db instead of on to the screen.

I'm lazy, I'm sure I could get that same functionality from ethereal, but have never wanted to put forth the effort of coding my own solution.