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On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Gary Gatten <[email protected]> wrote: > Ntop won't quite do this by itself. It does summarize some data, but not > all. From my experience it's more of a "realtime" monitor and doesn't do > trending that well. What you ask should be "easy" but not that I know of. > It trends interfaces and protocols similar to you describe, but not hosts. > But, try this and see if it will work ok: > > 1.) Logically place ntop where it will only see the traffic you want, ie: > internet traffic. Or use filters. > > 2.) Try sticky hosts. Maybe use "local hosts only" with this setting, else > you'll exhaust memory in your system. > > 3.) RRD files. Tweak the settings until they suite your needs. You need to > run "Arbitrary Graphs" to see this data - default reports won't have it. > > 4.) If that doesn't work, you may have to dump data to SQL. Later versions > support mysql, but you must configure and make it this way, which means > you'll probably need to compile it yourself vs. a package. > > Crafty use of "wget" may also be of benefit. > > The "man" page describes all the args pretty well. The html FAQ in the web > gui helps too. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected] > > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun Oct 04 00:38:51 2009 > Subject: [Ntop] How to monitor internet usage for users over time > > Hi, > > Is there an easy way to show only internet in/out usage for hosts? > That's my main need and Ntop is showing so much that I can't tease out > the info I need. Simply, for each person connected to the network, what > is their daily, weekly, monthly internet usage? > > Also, if someone connected for 30 minutes during the day then > disconnected - what was their usage? My initial experience is that I > couldn't find this info w/Ntop. It seemed if a user was not connected > anymore then I could not find any statistics on them in Ntop, their > stats seemed lost. Also again I need internet only usage stats for all > users connected at anytime the netflow is running. > > I am using DD-WRT flashed router I have it set for Netflow every 5 > minutes to an Ntop client. The router is connected to a modem to the > internet. > > Is there a way to do this? Is Ntop capable of this? Are there filters of > some kind that could help. > > Are there documents that explain how? I'm willing to read, please link. > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > "This email is intended to be reviewed by only the intended recipient > and may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. If you > are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, > use, dissemination, disclosure or copying of this email and its attachments, > if any, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, > please immediately notify the sender by return email and delete this email > from your system." > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop > >
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