On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 3:52 AM, Spook ZA <spookza at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Rudy > > 2009/3/25 Rudi Ahlers <rudiahlers at gmail.com>: >> Hi all, >> >> I've been asked by a college to setup a monitor to monitor a Windows >> network, but on internet usage. They want to have detailed usage, i.e. >> on a per IP / PC basis, and if possible to get stats for every >> protocol, and see over a period of time what goes on. >> >> My first though wat ntop, which does all of this, but it doesn't save >> the data in a DB, so if the server reboots the stats are reset to 0. I >> also can't get Cacti to give me stats per IP & per protocol (unless >> someone knows how todo this). >> >> I don't yet know the full network layout, but I have a feeling they're >> using ADSL, and have a Windows Small Business server with ISA, and >> possible Exchange as well. So, I'm either going to put a CentOS box >> between the Windows box & ADSL router, or maybe even setup a CentOS >> Vmware Virtual PC, force all the network to route via the VPS. >> >> Does anyone have some suggestions / experience in setting up something >> like this? >> >> P.S. Please don't look at the fact that there's Windows on the >> network. I use Linux for business purposes, not as a hobby, and we >> also use Mac & Windows where the situation calls for it. >> >> -- >> >> Kind Regards >> Rudi Ahlers > > If your firewall / border gateway is running linux, have a look at: > > http://www.networkuptime.com/tools/netflow/ > > You need an exporter that will export linux netflow records and > software that will collect and present the resultant data. > > Regards, > Andrew. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > When you mention college internet usage, i thought of Caida.org and CoralReef. But that is more for scientific investigations of internet usage in general.