Monitoring my network bandwidth remotely?
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Hello, I would love to Monitor my network bandwidth from some type of script and I van see from a webpage locally without having to login and find it all. I'm not much of a programmer But I was wondering If there was a possible way of doing that?
Joseph
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Like current usage?
You can export netflow data to some where else and collate/display it there. Using influx/grafana is popular for example.
Steve
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@stephenw10 Hello, I'm unsure what that is. I'm just trying to see the bandwidth only. I don't need other status like memory, CPU, or hard drive. Even If it's stored in mysql I would just like to see the bandwidth and Unsure how to do that.
Joseph
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@stephenw10 Hello, I just found something online called ntop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uls0yu9zo20. I just saw a video on it and it is what I'm looking for.
Joseph
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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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@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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@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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@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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You can use Zabbix. Its easy to setup and wiil keep history records for your firewall.
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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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@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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stephenw10 Netgate Administratorlast edited by stephenw10 May 11, 2022, 9:34 PM May 11, 2022, 9:34 PM
Mmm, or just put whatever widgets you need, including the traffic graphs, on the dashboard?
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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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@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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@josephchrzempiec https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/monitoring/dashboard-manage.html
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johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderatorlast edited by johnpoz May 12, 2022, 12:11 PM May 12, 2022, 12:05 PM
@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!
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..
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.