i have 50 computer in my office which are connected to linux server for internet access(squid proxy server). but i cant monitor the download quantity of each monitor in each time.


is there any possibility(like internet access monitor software for windows) to monitor each ip address ? name of the site they are access everty time? mane of the fiel tehy are downloading? and total download size?



thanks

checkout this project http://bandwidthd.sourceforge.net/ this can help you I hope.

thanks for ur help.

can u plzzzzzzzz tell me the steps to install , configure and how to run this application?




thanks again

The best way to install any type of software from source is to read documents supplied with it. It usually contains all information needed ie. the README, INSTALL files. When configuring source enter the source directory and run ./configure --help ,there are always options there worth while looking at. It is also good practice to have software like checkinstall. It will actually create .rpm or .deb files so that if things get hairy or you want to uninstall everything you can do it through your package manager. So after all the configuring is done, simply do "make install" then "checkinstall install"

Yeah, another way is to;


-use "advanced web proxy" (i have only use with soothwall) this with dansgaurdian allows you to do many things.
-throw a monowall upstream/inline (even can be done an same host via virtual machine) and pass traffic through it an use it for the shaping.

I think solution 2 is more resiliant and adaptable.

However have no first hand experiance with bandwidthd.



If you just want to monitor and NOT control then, I have used ntop with great success. Just lock down access to internal network/ip only.




Have FUn !