measuring broadband usage

[Jean Gruneberg]

Gabriel

see if your ISP can supply the stats for you.  In SA we have severely 
limited ADSL (3GB caps) and so all the ISP's have a system where you can 
check use.

Jean

> We just switched to a metered broadband package here. With a limit at
> 40GB (download) per month and rather hefty costs incurred for going in
> excess of that limit.
>
> Access is via a Belkin wireless router that acts a gateway and provides
> connectivity for the local network.
>
> I am rigging up another machine to act as a server and what I'm aiming
> at is that it can somehow record the internet usage of ALL the computers
> on the local network.
>
> I know that this would mean it would have to become some kind of proxy
> system so that connections are made through it BUT I do not want it to
> be a full-blown squid cache. The requirements are:
> 	1. Be able to record download/upload statistics.
> 	2. Provide a web-based admin page so that users can easily see the
> stats from the other computers and administer it.
>
> What are the options?
>
> Many thanks and regards
>
> Gabe
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