Bandwidth monitor for WAN ONLY???

Let me explain my problem.

I need to monitor my WAN data transfer, but not the LAN. I want to keep
track of the amount of data via the WAN, so I can monitor my monthly usage
of the internet. The problem is, when I transfer files down the network or
use Remote Deskyop to connect to my serverPC, I find that the LAN activity
is added to the rest of the bandwidth use recorded... Is there any software
that will monitor just the WAN and nothing else? I really don't know how to
sort this one....

The computer I want to run the bandwidth monitor on is the server which
everyone connects via, through a proxy server.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

"Eric M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I need to monitor my WAN data transfer, but not the LAN. I want to keep
> track of the amount of data via the WAN, so I can monitor my monthly
> usage of the internet.
[snip]
> The computer I want to run the bandwidth monitor on is the server which
> everyone connects via, through a proxy server.

If you simply want to monitor a single network interface, there are probably
hundreds of suitable applications. Frankly I'd be surprised if there were
any "bandwidth monitors" that can't work this way. What are you using now?

Alex

"Alex Fraser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Eric M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I need to monitor my WAN data transfer, but not the LAN. I want to keep
>> track of the amount of data via the WAN, so I can monitor my monthly
>> usage of the internet.
> [snip]
>> The computer I want to run the bandwidth monitor on is the server which
>> everyone connects via, through a proxy server.
>
> If you simply want to monitor a single network interface, there are
> probably
> hundreds of suitable applications. Frankly I'd be surprised if there were
> any "bandwidth monitors" that can't work this way. What are you using now?
>
> Alex
>

This one Alex > http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/link/tbm/

But when I use Remote Desktop to connect from my regular PC to my server
etc, the total of the LAN session is added to the transfer amount, thus
making my monitoring of the WAN, impossible

Eric M

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, "Eric M" eric54546@the-
spamtrap.org says...
>
> "Alex Fraser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:s8ydnWzrlcUgI-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > "Eric M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> I need to monitor my WAN data transfer, but not the LAN. I want to keep
> >> track of the amount of data via the WAN, so I can monitor my monthly
> >> usage of the internet.
> > [snip]
> >> The computer I want to run the bandwidth monitor on is the server which
> >> everyone connects via, through a proxy server.
> >
> > If you simply want to monitor a single network interface, there are
> > probably
> > hundreds of suitable applications. Frankly I'd be surprised if there were
> > any "bandwidth monitors" that can't work this way. What are you using now?
> >
> > Alex
> >
>
> This one Alex > http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/link/tbm/
>
> But when I use Remote Desktop to connect from my regular PC to my server
> etc, the total of the LAN session is added to the transfer amount, thus
> making my monitoring of the WAN, impossible
>
We need to know more about how your network is connected, ans exactly
what you want to monitor.

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:27:07 +0100, "Eric M" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Let me explain my problem.
>
>I need to monitor my WAN data transfer, but not the LAN. I want to keep
>track of the amount of data via the WAN, so I can monitor my monthly usage
>of the internet. The problem is, when I transfer files down the network or
>use Remote Deskyop to connect to my serverPC, I find that the LAN activity
>is added to the rest of the bandwidth use recorded... Is there any software
>that will monitor just the WAN and nothing else? I really don't know how to
>sort this one....
>
> The computer I want to run the bandwidth monitor on is the server which
>everyone connects via, through a proxy server.
>
>Any help would be very much appreciated.
>
DU meter allows you to pick which interfaces can be monitored. Individual, or
all interfaces.

Clansman

"Clansman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:27:07 +0100, "Eric M" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>Let me explain my problem.
>>
>>I need to monitor my WAN data transfer, but not the LAN. I want to keep
>>track of the amount of data via the WAN, so I can monitor my monthly usage
>>of the internet. The problem is, when I transfer files down the network
>>or
>>use Remote Deskyop to connect to my serverPC, I find that the LAN activity
>>is added to the rest of the bandwidth use recorded... Is there any
>>software
>>that will monitor just the WAN and nothing else? I really don't know how
>>to
>>sort this one....
>>
>> The computer I want to run the bandwidth monitor on is the server which
>>everyone connects via, through a proxy server.
>>
>>Any help would be very much appreciated.
>>
> DU meter allows you to pick which interfaces can be monitored. Individual,
> or
> all interfaces.

This would certainly work for a proxy server, where all the internal traffic
will come out of one network card and all the external traffic will come out
of another network card.

Is there any software that can handle mixed traffic on the same card,
sorting it by IP address (192.168.x.x = LAN, anything else = WAN)?

"Martin Underwood" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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[snip]
> This would certainly work for a proxy server, where all the internal
> traffic will come out of one network card and all the external traffic
> will come out of another network card.
>
> Is there any software that can handle mixed traffic on the same card,
> sorting it by IP address (192.168.x.x = LAN, anything else = WAN)?

I have seen software which measures traffic by port (eg how much HTTP, how
much newsgroups) - the same software could just as easily produce "by
address" reports. So the answer is probably yes, but I don't know of any
offhand. Unlike total interface traffic, this sort of monitoring may impose
a noticeable drain on the CPU at high data rates (similar to a personal
firewall) - but not likely to be a problem if you are monitoring traffic
over an Internet connection.

Alex

Eric M wrote:

> Any help would be very much appreciated.

I saw this posted elsewhere which allows you to ignore LAN traffic. Not
tried it myself tho'. You cannot do this with the free version tho' but
it is only $20.

<http://www.lp23.com/bmextreme/>