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Looking for open source linux box bandwidth monitor

Discussion in 'Site & Server Administration' started by NewComputer, Nov 19, 2004.

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    Other than bandwidthd. If anyone knows of a good, free, robust tool please let me know. Looking for some good functionality. I am surprised there are not more tools at source forge.
     
    NewComputer, Nov 19, 2004 IP
  2. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    When it comes to bw management you are probably going to have a heck of a time finding something useful and full featured that is 100% free.. That said I would suggest the following products in order of least expensive to most:

    StarOS Router (http://www.star-os.com)
    Mikrotik Router (http://www.mikrotik.com)
    ETinc BWMGR (http://www.etinc.com)

    Mikrotik is cheap, like $45
    StarOS is around $25 now I think
    ETinc is like $700 or so (for the license)

    Anyway, these are all license prices. You build the box. I prefer ETinc BWMGR myself and have used it for years. It is BSD and Linux capable, and EXTREMELY powerful. I still cannot figure out why anyone bought a packeteer with the bwmgr around.. Anyway..

    good luck!
     
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    vinyl Well-Known Member

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    MRTG is the best tool you can use and it's free...
     
    vinyl, Nov 20, 2004 IP
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    Ok, I was thinking you were looking for an actual bandwidth manager.. Duh.. Yeah, if you just want to graph/monitor bw, MRTG is the way to go.

    The tools I mentioned previously will do way more than what you may be looking for.
     
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    NewComputer Well-Known Member

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    Yea, MRTG looks great but I wish there were some screenshots on there. Bandwidthd just seems too clunky.
     
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    Screen shots of what? Of MRTG graphs in action?
     
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    NewComputer Well-Known Member

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    Yea, the type of info and the display etc.....
     
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    bosen Peon

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    for free open source webbased bw manager try visit
    http://playground.bosen.net/DeoSHAPE/
    not quite 100% finish though :)
     
    bosen, Sep 5, 2005 IP