On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Craig Falconer <[email protected]> wrote: > Phill Coxon wrote, On 22/10/09 14:33: >> >> I woke up to an automated email saying that we'd blown our 40Gb xtra >> ADSL traffic quota for the month and were now paying 2c / MB etc. >> Checking our usage meter it showed we'd supposedly downloaded 9.5Gb >> yesterday. >> I don't think I've managed to downloaded 9Gb over an entire week in the >> past let alone in one day, so I will be submitting a complaint. >> >> Just wondering if anyone else on Xtra broadband had a massive "usage" >> hike yesterday? >> Hmmm... interesting - broadband usage meter is now offline while a >> problem is being fixed: >> >> "Some customers may be experiencing problems with their usage meter. Our >> technicians are currently working on this problem. At this stage our >> representatives are unable to provide any additional information. We >> apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience." > > Yes - their readings are screwey for the last day or so. > > Your best protection is to do something to record your traffic. > > I recommend probing your DSL router via SNMP and graphing the output in > cacti. At least that gives ammunition in the event of a disagreement. > http://shell.clug.org.nz:8080/rrd-cacti.png > > > pfsense is capable of graphing its interfaces internally, but I'm not sure > if that data survives a reboot. > http://shell.clug.org.nz:8080/rrd-pfsense.png
Aren't those rate graphs rather than total usage graphs? They may show that particular link isn't used much, but you really need the integral with respct to time to get total usage over a period. I am pretty sure an rrd tool can do this too, if fed the right info.
