[plug] determining network usage by ip-address

[Richard Meyer]

On Sun, 2007-09-02 at 17:28 +0800, David Buddrige wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> I own the house where I live, but since I had several spare bedrooms I
> thought I'd rent one out to a mate of mine.  I have a broadband
> internet connection and so to allow my mate also to use the internet,
> I cranked up squid on my personal computer [running Fedora Core] and
> connected my mate's computer to my network hub, so now he is able to
> browse the net using my machine as a proxy - my machine has its own
> direct internet connection so I'm effectively sharing it with him.
> 
> However, I do have a limited [1GB] monthly download limit and it would
> be handy to see how much each of us uses it.  I have set up my own
> web-browser to also connect via squid [on the same machine] - my
> question is this:
> 
> Is there any way to get squid to tell me how much network traffic is
> going through squid based on individual ip addresses ? 
> 
> thanks
> 
> David. 

Try Calamaris. According to http://cord.de/tools/squid/calamaris/ It
appears to give all sorts of reports - I imagine that'll be one. RPMs at
http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=calamaris

http://www.howtoforge.com/monitoring_squid has lots more on monitoring
Squid.

HTH
-- 
Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au>
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It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. 
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