internet (without LAN) monthly traffic statistics

[Bill Davidsen]

Dj YB wrote:
> hello,
> does anyone know of a good (working) program for monthly internet usage stats
> I need this info to stay under my monthly traffic cap.
> I am using a single ethernet connection for LAN and internet.
> 
> iptraf is really complicated and require too many changes,
> vnstat doesn't support the separation using single interface...
> any help on this matter will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> using Fedora 11 KDE 4.3.2
> 
I would hope that you have a firewall between your LAN and the Internet, and 
could have it keep track. Any packet sniffing program would be more complex and 
less effective, and if you use a switch it won't see all packets anyway.

Doesn't your ISP have a current volume status page? Many ISPs wo have a cap make 
that available.

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