yes, sorry for the confusion... basically i would like to see the amount of time spend on the internet per ip address, heretoforth referred to as "user". i realize that total time is perhaps not the most precise definition since it is indicative/related to the amount of bandwidth you have, but i hope that i have cleared that confusion up now. i would like to see the user(s) http connection requests with a time stamp i suppose, would that be the best way of monitoring internet usage? i could then get at least a rough estimate of time spent on the internet.
thanks matt -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ray Olszewski Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 3:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Monitoring User activity / Total time on internet At 03:11 PM 10/29/2003 -0700, Matt Russell wrote: >Hello, > >I have been asked to monitor the amount of time spent on the internet per IP >address. I was thinking that the LRP would be the most logical way of >monitoring such activity, as I already have one setup. I have looked at >MTRG, iptraf, ntop, etc, but all of these fall short in one regard: I need >total time for some interval, say a 12hr day, per IP address, rather than >the instantaneous bandwidth consuption. Is there any utility out there that >will successfully accomplish this? What does "total time" mean in this context? That is, what *exactly* do you want to measure for these 12-hour intervals? Tools like the ones you describe can measure things like bandwidth use, or numbers of packets, or numbers of Kb, to and from specific IP addresses. But "time" is ill defined, even conceptually, with respect to packet-based connections (unless you are monitoring use of dial-up lines, in which case it could correspond to connect time). So more information really is needed about your requirements. You also imply (by your choice of Subject:) that "IP address" corresponds to "user". In your context it might, though in genreal you can't count on it doing so. So you might want to offer a bit more detail on that part. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
