Re: OT: Looking for Bandwidth Manager Appliance or Bandwidth Manager Softwatre

FreeBSD, pf and ALTQ work great, but setting up MRTG to examine
bandwidth usage per customer is a trick.

I have a really simple program that I wrote that logs traffic (in and
out) to a MySQL database and then a web application that allows the
generation of reports and graphs. Its how we bill our heavy usage
hosting customers. The program uses bpf and is accurate to within one
minute of bandwidth traffic. The system also does "rates", but we
bill on the per gigabyte of traffic, so...

bpf is simple to use - as is MySQL and php - the whole thing sits on a
i386 server that cost around $800 bucks in a 2U space. The
PacketShaper and other similar solutions are fairly expensive, so if
you're a do-it-yourself type, consider using these tools. Would
probably take a week or two to build, maybe less...

Just my two cents...

D

On 8/28/06, Jorge Evangelista <netsecuredata@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi guys, I am looking for a Bandwidth Manager, I heard solutions with
PacketShaper, Alot, etc ( appliances ) also I heard about Solaris
Bandwidth Manager, TC in Linux, and ipfw with Freebsd.
But It requirement is for a ISP, perhaps for a best performance I
should buy a appliance, also I need that it device let me reporting as
MRTG by customer not by interface, because for example with Alot I can
see only by interface.


--
"The network is the computer"
_______________________________________________
freebsd-isp@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx"



--
Derrick T. Woolworth, President
ServeTheWeb, LLC. http://www.ServeTheWeb.com
_______________________________________________
freebsd-isp@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx"

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Rethinking Blu-ray
    ... Everyone pays for a specific bandwidth and should receive that 24x7. ... not be the ones paying for it, it is the customer that does. ... management tools they need in place to manage traffic congestion. ... Comcast network management update ...
    (alt.tv.tech.hdtv)
  • Re: Attitude of Plusnet reps on ADSL Guide
    ... The claim by Plusnet was that bandwidth wasn't the answer, and getting more bandwidth wasn't economical, and such companies that did either went out of business or were taken over. ... So, since your customer base hasn't changed, why is it now economical to buy an extra central and, I note, you have lit another segment. ... The company was unlikely to have purchased extra capacity whilst under due dilligence as the outcome of the proceedings was unclear. ...
    (uk.telecom.broadband)
  • Re: Attitude of Plusnet reps on ADSL Guide
    ... only a few months ago I was with Plusnet and the ... getting more bandwidth wasn't economical, ... So, since your customer base hasn't changed, why is it now economical ... And anyone looking at ng or forums will see there where real problems ...
    (uk.telecom.broadband)
  • Re: Internet Data Usage
    ... central server or with user based bandwidth logging. ... > We would like to be able to produce a graph of bandwidth usage over ... > and total upload and download sizes in Mbs so we can charge network usage ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.networking)
  • Re: dynamic bandwidth allocation
    ... customer, but less for others, if I read correctly between the lines. ... Perhaps if you provided some example bandwidth values, ... Total bitrate 1mbps for server ... Total bitrate 500kbps for publishing point ABC ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsmedia.server)