Although not an easy solution, you could assign department/group users to VPNs and use Netflow accounting for the aggregate use per VPN. This would allow you to track resource usage per group VPN and may be applicable to reporting requirements in the future also.
""nrf"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > PVC monitoring and such are easily done through many SNMP packages. > > But you seem to be asking for something different - for "user" accounting. > That, unfortunately, can only be easily done if those users are reliably > using the same addresses all the time. If that is the case, then something > like Netflow accounting would probably seve you well. > > If that is not the case (those users are constantly changing their > addresses), then you the situation is indeed problematic. If you are using > DHCP to assign such addresses, then perhaps you could take lease information > and correlate that with Netflow accounting logs. But if users are assigning > themselves addresses, then your only choice is to user some kind of > authentication scheme that asks for username/password information before > anybody can use the PVC. Things like the auth-proxy feature (with > accounting) or firewall AAA per-user accounting might work, but indeed, it's > really a klugy solution. > > > > > > ""Paul Watson"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Thank you for the suggestion. To clarify: These are PVC's so they are > nailed > > up. Also, I use Openview to manage my network but what I need is not usage > > of a particular PVC but a packet count/percent usage of the bandwidth for > a > > particular user on that PVC so I can bill that user a proper percentage of > > the cost for that bandwidth. I have not been able to find a way to do this > > with NNM. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Paul > > > > ""VoIP Guy"" wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > CiscoWorks 2000 > > > MRTG > > > HP Openview > > > > > > and countless others. Not cheap though. > > > > > > only question i have is how are you being charged for the links? Aren't > > > they always nailed up of they are PVC's? Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=26600&t=26472 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
