[Pc_Support] Re: Usage Monitoring -- IPCop?

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Sun, 2006-05-07 at 09:49 -0500, Tim McDonough wrote:
> Our Wireless DSL service includes 4.0GB of data transfer 
> (upload+download) per month. After that there is a small additional 
> charge per megabyte.
> We have three computers on our home network. Is there a utility that 
> can be run that will track the amount of data going to and from the 
> outside world? We currently have a residential 4-port router.

IPCop is an excellent all-in-one (AIO) security appliance that has not
only traffic graphing:  
  http://www.ipcop.org/1.4.0/en/admin/html/Info-AW.html#info-system-graphs

But traffic shaping as well:  
  http://www.ipcop.org/1.4.0/en/admin/html/services.html#services_shaping  

It has the Snort Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and they just released
a good set of Spyware signatures so _when_ (not a matter of "if") your
Windows system is compromised, you'll know it:  
  http://www.ipcop.org/1.4.0/en/admin/html/services.html#services_ids  

It's extremely easy to setup and use (e.g., checking your IDS logs every
day or so -- otherwise it kinda defeats the purpose of having an IDS).
It's up to you how much you want to enable and customize away from the
defaults.


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