Measuring data transferred through an interface?

Sam Pikesley samdavidpikesley at yahoo.co.uk
Mon Feb 10 11:52:54 GMT 2003


http://www.dont-pay-ntl.co.uk/

I wonder how they intend to detect my VPN? ;)

--- Peter McGarvey <fbsu-x at packet.org.uk> wrote: >
I've been expecting broadband capping for a while
> now, so the 1GB limit
> is no suprise to me.  I've been graphing my
> connection for the past 6
> months.  It's remarkable just how little bandwidth
> I've actually been
> using.
> 
> If you're interested I've been using RRD tool, and a
> nicel little PHP
> frontend called cacti:
> 
>     http://www.raxnet.net/
> 
> But, IMHO, the usage cap is nothing but a nice
> red-herring.  Have a read
> of the rest of the revised AUP.
> 
> >  ... the ntl Internet and/or Interactive Services
> are for residential
> >  use only and we do not support the use of VPN. If
> we find you are
> >  using VPN via the ntl IP network we may instruct
> you to stop using it
> >  and you must comply with this request. This is in
> order to prevent
> >  problems to ntl (eg network performance) and
> other Internet users.
> 
> The background traffic keeping my VPN up is less
> than the stoopid
> NetBIOS broadcasts badly configured Windose PCs
> insist on sending.  Yet
> somehow I'm casuing performance problems.
> 
> I also like this bit.
> 
> > You must not connect more than three (3) PC's to
> the Broadband
> > Services at any one time.
> 
> I understand the need for capping - after all, the
> latency has been
> creeping up and up.  But telling me what I can and
> cannot fill my IP
> packets with - that sounds like censorship.
> 
> 
> * Jonathan Belson <jon at witchspace.com> [2003-02-09
> 16:44:27 GMT]:
> > Hiya
> > 
> > 
> > It seems that NTL are going to be limiting cable
> users to 1GB a day, which
> > got me wondering exactly how many bytes I transfer
> on a daily basis.
> > 
> > My cable modem is connected to a server which
> performs NAT for machines
> > connected to it.  Since all my external traffic
> travels through a single
> > interface, is there an easy way to measure how
> much data travels through
> > it?
> > 
> > 
> > --Jon
> > 
> > http://www.witchspace.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> 
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