On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 20:05 +0100, Doofus wrote: > michael wrote: > > >I'm trying to weight up whether monthly d/load caps by various ISPs > >would restrict me. (Firstly I'm assuming when they say 1Gb they mean > >1000*1024 bytes and not bits?) More importantly, what's the best way to > >track amount of data downloaded per session? For anybody that's > >interested the main thing I'll be doing is running xterms on remote > >machines pointed back to mine at home but I've not idea how much traffic > >X involves. > > > >Thanks! > > > > I didn't really answer your main question, sorry. > There may be a deb package one of the guys here can tell you about, but > it would probably need to run on all your machines. The easiest way I > can think of to monitor your WAN bandwidth usage is to reset your DSL > router and do it from there. Most of these have some sort of "global > stats" page that will count your total incoming/outgoing IP packets.
I'll look at that as an option. The setup is actually the router with my debian box + my housemate's XP box. All I wish to know is what my debian box is eating - so i only need one app running on that to show its use.. -- Michael Bane Atmospheric Physics Group University of Manchester -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
