hi all ! i have a dsl connection with limited transfer volume (approx 4 GB) and therfore i would like to count the traffic going in and out my box. i have ipchains installed on my linux server and i think i remember that i somwhere read that its possible to do this "counting" via ipchains. what i want to do is count every byte in and out and write it dynamically, or lets say every hour into a variable. has someone done this before with ipchains, or is there any other convenient way to do it ? thx for any help --quay