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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks Steve, very helpful thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought what I required might be possible because
I took a look at what X-Wrt (an open source router formware) is capable of -
logging bandwidth for each ip address - see the link below</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://wiki.x-wrt.org/index.php/Image:Kp_status-bandwidth.png">http://wiki.x-wrt.org/index.php/Image:Kp_status-bandwidth.png</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, I guess, that might be because they have
built iptables into the firmware:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://wiki.x-wrt.org/index.php/Image:Kp_status-iptables.png">http://wiki.x-wrt.org/index.php/Image:Kp_status-iptables.png</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Unfortunately, the WL-600g is not capable of
running X-Wrt, and is not that likely to in the near to mid future. And I can't
warrant the extra power consumption of a 24/7 linux box in this case. So I guess
in my case, if I really need bandwidth logging, my best option would be to get
an X-Wrt compatible router.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks again,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eric</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=s.shipway@auckland.ac.nz href="mailto:s.shipway@auckland.ac.nz">Steve
Shipway</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=Eric.Woods@MindSpaceSolutions.com
href="mailto:Eric.Woods@MindSpaceSolutions.com">Eric Woods</A> ; <A
title=mrtg@lists.oetiker.ch
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 11, 2009 1:27
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [mrtg] Can MRTG do
this?</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma color=#000000 size=2>Short answer is that MRTG
can monitor the device, but nothing can log the traffic per-computer, because
this device does not provide that level of detail in the
information.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=tahoma size=2>Longer answer is that, for the WIRED
connections, the internal switch probably keeps per-port counts, so devices
with dedicated ports on the device you can probably count traffic for
(although it will include internal traffic).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=tahoma size=2>MRTG can monitor anything it can talk
to, so there is no reason you should not be able to monitor this device from a
remote site, provided you enable SNMP on the external interface.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=tahoma size=2>If you want to monitor all WAN traffic
per-source/destination, you will need to either have an additional network
sniffer, or else route all traffic via another (linux?) server which can use
software (eg iptables) to perform the required additional packet
analysis.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=tahoma size=2>STeve</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mrtg-bounces@lists.oetiker.ch
[mrtg-bounces@lists.oetiker.ch] On Behalf Of Eric Woods
[Eric.Woods@MindSpaceSolutions.com]<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am looking at getting an Asus WL-600g
modem/router/wap. I would like to able to monitor how much traffic each
computer connected to it (wired and wireless) uses. The WL-600g is linux based
and appears to have SNMP, so I am hoping MRTG is a viable option.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>However, I could not find an answer anywhere to a
couple of questions:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can MRTG log traffic per connected computer
separately? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I use an offsite web hosting company, where I
intend to install MRTG (as it is on 24/7). Will this work - can MRTG on the
offsite server connect to the WL-600g, or does MRTG have to be running on a
local box connected directly to the WL-600g?</FONT></DIV>
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