On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:33:08 -0600 Les Mikesell wrote: > There are tools to do it in iptables, but it is not a > common operation so you are probably on your own to set up the matches > and read the counters. It's apparently not common, as you say, and I really don't understand why. Folks who buy their bandwith by the mb (thankfully not me) might want to count exactly how much traffic they send out over their satellite or whatever, while omitting the local traffic between their desktop and their laptop. Which is why it surprises me that no tool apparently exists that can do this. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com www.creekfm.com - FIFTY THOUSAND WATTS of POW WOW POWER!