Ulf Herge wrote:
> Hi folks I just wounder if anyone knows, a program or any way to measure
> current bw through my linux router (gentoo ofcourse), and the total amount
> of data that has been transfered through it. If u type ifconfig u just get
> <RX bytes:248020164 (236.5 Mb) TX bytes:2420366025 (2308.2 Mb)>
> which are being reset to 0 again when reaching 9999,99 MB which is annoying
> :/ There must be some way to keep track off all the traffic that are being
> sent/recieved since many ISPs can do it. I hope someone has an answer
>
>

'bwm' or bandwidth monitor is a very
simple tool, it dynamically show the
inbound and outbound datarates on an
interface. Nothing fancy or complicated,
it's just a simple, dynamic interface
bandwidth monitor that is quick and easy
to set up.

You may have to install the sources, as
I used it on debian, some time ago.


Good place to start.

James