On: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:22:51 -0400, Filipe Brandenburger <filbranden at gmail.com> wrote: > Have a look at "netacct-mysql": > http://sourceforge.net/projects/netacct-mysql/ > > It uses pcap which puts your network card in promiscuous mode > and send all packets to the running daemon, which might be a > little heavyweight on the resources if your server uses a lot > of network, but it appears to be very flexible in terms of > being able to split accounting for different traffic going > through the server. > > If you want something simpler than that, you may: ... > > HTH, > Filipe I get the digest version of the list and so my relay is a tad late. Thank you for this. I am rapidly discovering that snmp and mrtg may not really suit my purposes as the NIC seemingly lacks the requisite smarts. Your suggestions are most helpful. Thanks. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3