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    Monitoring my network bandwidth remotely?

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      Yes, you can use ntop-ng but I would not recommend exposing that to remote access. Use a VPN if you need to connect to it from the WAN side.

      Steve

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        josephchrzempiec @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 This is for locally to see on a screen on my desk near me. I only have one system connected to the pfsense router I just want to monitor the network that is all.

        Joseph

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          akuma1x @josephchrzempiec
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          @josephchrzempiec said in Monitoring my network bandwidth remotely?:

          @stephenw10 This is for locally to see on a screen on my desk near me. I only have one system connected to the pfsense router I just want to monitor the network that is all.

          Joseph

          But, where does the "remotely" part fit into the equation? Did you mean that literally, because I think that's how it was picked up here by other people.

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            josephchrzempiec @akuma1x
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            @akuma1x Local remote. The router and system are 50 ft in other room. And I honestly don't want to keep logging in and finding things. I guess I'm lazy like that in a way. Well that and I just want to see the network part that's all. I know I can keep it login and just see things. But I don't really need to see all that.

            Joseph

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              hmohr
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              You can use Zabbix. Its easy to setup and wiil keep history records for your firewall.

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                josephchrzempiec @hmohr
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                @hmohr hello, I don’t need my firewall information or history. I just need to see my live network status and bandwidth.

                Joseph

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                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @josephchrzempiec
                  last edited by johnpoz

                  @josephchrzempiec why not just call up the traffic graph then under status.. That is all you will see traffic for the interface you pick.

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by stephenw10

                    Mmm, or just put whatever widgets you need, including the traffic graphs, on the dashboard?

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                      josephchrzempiec @johnpoz
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                      @johnpoz To be honest I don't want to see all that stuff. I guess The laziness in me just wants to see trafic nothing else. Again just traffice moving around.

                      Joseph

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                        josephchrzempiec
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                        @stephenw10 I don't know how to do widgets, I have never done that before. I need to figure that out.

                        Joseph

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                          terryzb @josephchrzempiec
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                          @josephchrzempiec https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/monitoring/dashboard-manage.html

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                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @josephchrzempiec
                            last edited by johnpoz

                            @josephchrzempiec said in Monitoring my network bandwidth remotely?:

                            The laziness in me just wants to see trafic nothing else

                            that is all that page is - have you even looked at it?

                            Its a graph showing you your traffic of the interface you pick that is it!

                            traffic.jpg

                            If your really anal about it - you could just hide all the other stuff on the page with your fav web tool that allows that - say ad blocker..

                            newgraph.jpg

                            Just set the graph how you want it - and remove all the other elements on the page.. No need for scripts no need for programming - just point and click.. There you go.

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