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Oct 4, 2009, 2:59 AM
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Re: How to monitor internet usage for users over time
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To see host usage overtime, u could try Trisul.
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On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Gary Gatten <Ggatten [at] waddell> wrote:
> Ntop won't quite do this by itself. It does summarize some data, but not
> all. From my experience it's more of a "realtime" monitor and doesn't do
> trending that well. What you ask should be "easy" but not that I know of.
> It trends interfaces and protocols similar to you describe, but not hosts.
> But, try this and see if it will work ok:
>
> 1.) Logically place ntop where it will only see the traffic you want, ie:
> internet traffic. Or use filters.
>
> 2.) Try sticky hosts. Maybe use "local hosts only" with this setting, else
> you'll exhaust memory in your system.
>
> 3.) RRD files. Tweak the settings until they suite your needs. You need to
> run "Arbitrary Graphs" to see this data - default reports won't have it.
>
> 4.) If that doesn't work, you may have to dump data to SQL. Later versions
> support mysql, but you must configure and make it this way, which means
> you'll probably need to compile it yourself vs. a package.
>
> Crafty use of "wget" may also be of benefit.
>
> The "man" page describes all the args pretty well. The html FAQ in the web
> gui helps too.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ntop-bounces [at] listgateway <ntop-bounces [at] listgateway
> >
> To: ntop [at] listgateway <ntop [at] listgateway>
> Sent: Sun Oct 04 00:38:51 2009
> Subject: [Ntop] How to monitor internet usage for users over time
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there an easy way to show only internet in/out usage for hosts?
> That's my main need and Ntop is showing so much that I can't tease out
> the info I need. Simply, for each person connected to the network, what
> is their daily, weekly, monthly internet usage?
>
> Also, if someone connected for 30 minutes during the day then
> disconnected - what was their usage? My initial experience is that I
> couldn't find this info w/Ntop. It seemed if a user was not connected
> anymore then I could not find any statistics on them in Ntop, their
> stats seemed lost. Also again I need internet only usage stats for all
> users connected at anytime the netflow is running.
>
> I am using DD-WRT flashed router I have it set for Netflow every 5
> minutes to an Ntop client. The router is connected to a modem to the
> internet.
>
> Is there a way to do this? Is Ntop capable of this? Are there filters of
> some kind that could help.
>
> Are there documents that explain how? I'm willing to read, please link.
>
> Thanks
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