Topic: Monitor of network to internet trafic

[croppa]

Does anyone know of an addon to SME Server with which I can monitor the downloads of individual computers on my local network.
( To keep daughters under control, or maybe it is I who is using to much)
Thanks in advance
Stuart

[mmccarn]

If you're trying to monitor HTTP downloads, make sure your 'http proxy' is enabled, then http://wiki.contribs.org/Sarg will give you daily reports by computer

http://wiki.contribs.org/Dansguardian gives you a little more control (but I don't know about reporting).

'squidguard' is another add-on for proxy management, but I can't find a clear link for you on 'how to'...

[byte]

'squidguard' is another add-on for proxy management, but I can't find a clear link for you on 'how to'...

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=34337.0

[SoftDux]

What about traffic generated by stuff like MSN, Skype, torrens, SMTP / POP3, FTP, etc?

[mmccarn]

I don't know of any addons or contribs to monitor non-web traffic.

smtp/pop3: you can save copies of all incoming and outgoing emails by configuring the 'smtp proxy' (enabled by default) and using these instructions: http://wiki.contribs.org/Email#Keep_a_copy_of_all_emails

MSN, Skype, Torrents, FTP: can't help you there, beyond some general pointers:

'iptraf' & 'tcpdump' can be used to monitor any packet traveling through the server, but you wouldn't want to leave either one running all the time...

'snort' might do something useful for you: http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=38371.0

'ipp2p' seems very intriguing: http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=35167.0

[SoftDux]

smtp/pop3: you can save copies of all incoming and outgoing emails by configuring the 'smtp proxy' (enabled by default) and using these instructions: http://wiki.contribs.org/Email#Keep_a_copy_of_all_emails

I don't see how this will help me, especially since it will fill the HDD's, and then needs to be cleaned out. Ideally, something which can save the info to a MySQL DB would be nice