Email bandwith usage per MAC address

[cc11]

Hi All,

I have just set up a pfsense system running the latest 2.3.2, it is working well.

What I want to do is have a daily text email that sends me the total bandwidth usage per MAC address, I have the mail package installed and that sends various logs to me periodically, but I have not found a way to get the details I need, I am happy to write scripts + cron jobs etc.. to do this, I am just not sure what tools are available to gather this data.

thanks for any help

[Derelict]

Probably need to send softflow data to something that can parse that out for you. Softflow probably won't give you layer 2 information so you'll probably have to match that up with DHCP data or something.

Splunk or maybe graylog can probably do it if fed the right information.

[cc11]

thanks, I do not really want to run another system, is it possible with in built tools or plugins, if it is done by IP address rather then MAC address?, I could just get the MAC address to IP look up from the lease information and replace the details later?

thanks

[Derelict]

Maybe darkstat, maybe ntopng, maybe status_traffic_totals if any of those give you what you're looking for.

[cc11]

ntopng has the data i want, but I can not see how to extract it with a command to include the data in the email report, ntopng  cli manpage just looks like configuration options, not extraction options.

any ideas?