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    • CreationGuy
      CreationGuy last edited by

      My ISP does not give me the option to check my monthly data usage; I'd like to monitor it via pfSense if possible.

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        SteveITS @CreationGuy last edited by

        @creationguy There are a few packages, like bandwidthd and darkstat.

        Steve

        Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. If yours is older, select it in System/Update/Update Settings.
        When upgrading, let it finish; do not reboot early. Allow 10-15 minutes, or more depending on packages and device speed.

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          FSC830 last edited by

          "Traffic Total" too is a package you may like to check out.

          Regards

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          • CreationGuy
            CreationGuy last edited by

            I found this article and played with several of the suggestions.

            I'm going to give Traffic Total a go for a month. I'm also playing with ntopng to see if it's something useful for my network.

            Thanks for the suggestions,

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              SteveITS @CreationGuy last edited by

              @creationguy said in How to monitor internet bandwidth?:

              ntopng

              One note on NtopNG they don't mention on the linked doc page, is it "requires" an SSD due to high I/O. https://www.netgate.com/supported-pfsense-plus-packages

              Steve

              Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. If yours is older, select it in System/Update/Update Settings.
              When upgrading, let it finish; do not reboot early. Allow 10-15 minutes, or more depending on packages and device speed.

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              • CreationGuy
                CreationGuy @SteveITS last edited by

                @steveits That's good information to point out. I do have the m.2 in my 4100.

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                • CreationGuy
                  CreationGuy @CreationGuy last edited by

                  @creationguy said in How to monitor internet bandwidth?:

                  I found this article and played with several of the suggestions.

                  I'm going to give Traffic Total a go for a month. I'm also playing with ntopng to see if it's something useful for my network.

                  Thanks for the suggestions,

                  Traffic Total does what its name says, gives a good total amount, but it would be good to dial down and say on the LAN it shows 2GB of today today. I'd like to drill down to see which host used that data. I think ntopng will do that but am trying to learn it.

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                    michmoor @CreationGuy last edited by

                    @creationguy if running only on the LAN(one interface) then bandwidthd would be best.

                    Firewall: NetGate 6100/7100U, Palo Alto
                    Routing: Juniper MX204 , Arista 7050X3
                    Switching: Juniper EX/QFX. Arista 7050SX
                    Wireless: Unifi, Aruba IAP

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                      jlw52761 last edited by

                      If you have the ability, use Telegraf to output stats to an InfluxDB database then use Grafana to visualize the data.

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