"Netcount" logs and shows PPP network traffic data on Linux devices.
If you're looking for a package that can log and display PPP network traffic on your Linux machines, then Netcount might just be what you need. This software comes with a small shell script that is called during the ip-up, ip-down, and system startup processes, and from cron for logging purposes. Meanwhile, analysis and printing is done by a Python program that makes this process simpler and more efficient.
One of the great things about Netcount is that the display it provides is highly customizable. You can select different types of records and columns to print, depending on what you need. For instance, it can show network uptime, byte counts, and transmission speeds, both Tx and Rx or summed up. Apart from these, it also has command line options that allow you to choose from per-connection summaries, daily and monthly summaries, and uptime and byte count percentages.
Moreover, Netcount allows you to make these settings permanent with the use of a configuration file. This file is written when you use a simple command line option, making every subsequent use of the software a lot easier. Additionally, the software uses the kernel's ppp0 counter (found in /proc/net/dev), eliminating the need for packet filtering. This means that it is safe against the overflow of this counter, which avoids any 2 or 4 GiB limit.
Lastly, Netcount should work perfectly under any flavor of Linux, including other families than the x86 systems. If you want to see more of its features, you can refer to its man page.
In this latest release, the Makefile has been updated to fix an error that generated after successful installations. If no "final-words" was created, users experienced an error. Thanks to Iain Lea for pointing this out. Now a final-words file is always generated when running the software.
One of the great things about Netcount is that the display it provides is highly customizable. You can select different types of records and columns to print, depending on what you need. For instance, it can show network uptime, byte counts, and transmission speeds, both Tx and Rx or summed up. Apart from these, it also has command line options that allow you to choose from per-connection summaries, daily and monthly summaries, and uptime and byte count percentages.
Moreover, Netcount allows you to make these settings permanent with the use of a configuration file. This file is written when you use a simple command line option, making every subsequent use of the software a lot easier. Additionally, the software uses the kernel's ppp0 counter (found in /proc/net/dev), eliminating the need for packet filtering. This means that it is safe against the overflow of this counter, which avoids any 2 or 4 GiB limit.
Lastly, Netcount should work perfectly under any flavor of Linux, including other families than the x86 systems. If you want to see more of its features, you can refer to its man page.
In this latest release, the Makefile has been updated to fix an error that generated after successful installations. If no "final-words" was created, users experienced an error. Thanks to Iain Lea for pointing this out. Now a final-words file is always generated when running the software.
What's New
Version 0.8i: N/A