Ntop does a wonderful job of this, and according to what I read, the latest version will allow you to store to a file . I mostly use it to collect sflow data, but have run it on our nms as a local agent as well. Ted On Sun, 2004-01-18 at 19:50, bino-psn wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Antony Stone" <Antony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 7:31 AM > Subject: Re: per-connection byte counts > > > > If this package provides the information you need, why not just run it on > the > > netfilter machine? What's the need for a separate box? > > No problem Sir. > I just want to split the Monitoring-function from the Packet-Forwarding > function. > I just don't want a fail of one function savere the other. > I never mix complex function in a single box, unless they need tobe. > my small corporate network is build from a bunch of used classic pentium > class PC, with small RAM .. and WISP-Dist in it. > Let's say that the network is in a peak state ... super high traffic. It > will eat more CPU of the monitoring function. I don't want this to kick-down > the packet-forward function. That why I put it in another box. > > Sincerely > -bino- > >
