Bandwidth Monitoring program

[Julian Elischer]

Benjamin D Adams wrote:
> What my network looks like:
> 		NET
> 		 |
>              NAT/FIREWALL(2.1.24.34)
> 		 |
> 	-------------------    <---- put a cheap hub here
> 	|	|	  |
>    2.1.24.35   2.1.24.36  2.1.24.37
> 

if you place a cheap 100Mb hub in the location shown, then
you should be able to look at all traffic that is headed to the firewall
by listenning on .35



> There is no DHCP, I don't think it is possablie to do this but I want to
> install a bandwidth monitoring program on 2.1.24.35.  That will monitor
> all traffic going through 2.1.24.34.  I installed bandwidthd but it's
> only local traffic I can't get all traffic through 2.1.24.34.  I think I
> need to but a middle man between NET and 2.1.24.34.  I don't have any
> more ips to use. 2.1.24.34 is a firewall like netgear, linksys, etc
> setup with NAT.
> 
> What I see is I need to replace the NAT with something where I have a
> shell. I don't think it is possible with the current setup, but figured
> I would ask. Thanks for any help.
> 
> Ben Adams
> 
> \eebsd.org"