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    Is it possible to show traffic (byte) accouning per local source ip

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    • bingo600B
      bingo600
      last edited by

      Thanx Steve

      I already have NtopNG running , but the ip accounting is not as easy as with bwd.

      I have started bwd on "Lan" but sees nothing , does promiscuious have to be enabled ?

      I already have that enabled via NtopNG (i think).

      I can live with just one interface on bwd, if i can get it to log/account data.

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      • bingo600B
        bingo600
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        @johnpoz
        I'll have a look at darkstat too.

        And you are correct it is "Top talkers" i'd like to see.
        And something like Cisco: ip accounting

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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          Another one to track down top talkers is the iftop package, command line..

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          • bingo600B
            bingo600
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            I get no statistics on bwd.

            How long time before stats are generated ?
            Do i need promiscious ?

            /Bingo

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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              No you don't need promiscuous, but it will take a few minutes.. If your wanting to look now!! Your better off with darkstat or iftop..

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              • bingo600B
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                Dooh ....

                I needed to remove the frame

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by johnpoz

                  I think it only updates like every 5 minutes or so though anyway.

                  You should see a timestamp in the top left on when it was last updated.

                  If you want pretty much realtime reporting then darkstat or iftop would be better tools. The other thing better with iftop is will show you the IP pair, ie where your client is sending or pulling data from.. Unlike bandwidthd that just reports on single IP.

                  Darkstat will give you the ports that were used, etc. But doesn't easy list the actual IP pairs that were doing the talking..

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                  • bingo600B
                    bingo600
                    last edited by

                    Just tried darkstat , nice program.
                    But it seems to log all ip addy's , incl Inet.

                    Do you guys limit it in #of hosts , or just enable it when needed ?

                    /Bingo

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                      last edited by

                      I only turn it on if looking for something.

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                      • bingo600B
                        bingo600 @johnpoz
                        last edited by bingo600

                        @johnpoz said in Is it possible to show traffic (byte) accouning per local source ip:

                        I only turn it on if looking for something.

                        Makes sense.

                        DS has already revealed one of my ISP's cache servers (Local TV streaming channel) , i can see ~equal ATV4 in/out bytes to that ip šŸ‘

                        Thanx for that tip

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                        • bingo600B
                          bingo600
                          last edited by bingo600

                          iftop seems nice too
                          Realtime top talkers src/dst

                          Thank you for guiding me here Steve/JP

                          I'll let bwd run , and keep the other two in the "toolbox"

                          /Bingo

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                          • bingo600B
                            bingo600
                            last edited by

                            Hmm .... Seems like bwd's byte count is reset ?

                            My ATV4 was on 500MB , now it's on 76MB

                            Would iftop or DS interfere with bwd , causing a bytecount reset ?

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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                              last edited by

                              I wouldn't think so.. What timezone are you in - is it just past midnight there, maybe you cycled days on bwd.

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                              • bingo600B
                                bingo600
                                last edited by bingo600

                                CET (well CEST right now) - Europe

                                GUI says : Wed Aug 26 20:17:53 CEST 2020

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                                • bingo600B
                                  bingo600 @johnpoz
                                  last edited by

                                  @johnpoz said in Is it possible to show traffic (byte) accouning per local source ip:

                                  I wouldn't think so.. What timezone are you in - is it just past midnight there,

                                  Hmmm i would have expected a US TZ from you

                                  CN or ??

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                                  • johnpozJ
                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                    I'm US timezone - CST..

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