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1. data usage monitor

   Ok I am looking for a simple program, ideally console based that will allow me to monitor my total internet usage untill I reset it.
   
   Basically I have a mobile broadband connection and I would like to monitor my total usage over the month. I am allowed 1gb of data usage, hence why I want to monitor as its not a vast amount and I don't want to get charged.
   
   Does anyone know of such a program?
   
   Thank you in advance!

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2. October 1st, 2008#2

   

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   Re: data usage monitor

   i don't know if ntop provides that functionality. a quick google search found Blinky too, but again not sure if it does exactly what you need

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3. October 1st, 2008#3

   

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   Re: data usage monitor

   I think vnstat is a good program. It must be run as root the first time to create the database for it but can be run as a user after that.
   
   Install:

   Code:

   sudo apt-get install vnstat

   Create DB:

   Code:

   sudo vnstat -u -i <interface>

   (ie sudo vnstat -u -i eth0)
   
   Then have a look at vnstats man page for displaying what you require. IE to display the traffic in the past month on interface eth0, you would type:
   

   Code:

   vnstat -m

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4. October 1st, 2008#4

   

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   Re: data usage monitor

   vnstat seams to be working great. I have a q though. How long does it define a month? 30 or 31 days?

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5. October 1st, 2008#5

   

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   Re: data usage monitor

   I seam to be having trouble to get it to monitor my ppp0 connection:
   
   

   Code:

   mark@ubuntu:~$ sudo vnstat -u -i ppp0
   [sudo] password for mark: 
   mark@ubuntu:~$ vnstat -l
   Monitoring eth0...    (press CTRL-C to stop)
   
      getting traffic...Error:
   Unable to get interface statistics.

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6. October 1st, 2008#6

   

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   Re: data usage monitor

    Originally Posted by hellomoto 

   vnstat seams to be working great. I have a q though. How long does it define a month? 30 or 31 days?

   it does calendar months
   

   Code:

   $ vnstat -m
   
           eth1
   
              month        rx      |       tx      |    total
           ------------------------+---------------+---------------
             Mar '08     60290 MB  |     38595 MB  |     98886 MB
             Apr '08    229145 MB  |    165124 MB  |    394269 MB
             May '08    111282 MB  |    105101 MB  |    216383 MB
             Jun '08    129706 MB  |    106022 MB  |    235729 MB
             Jul '08     97841 MB  |    127276 MB  |    225118 MB
             Aug '08    121011 MB  |    131409 MB  |    252420 MB
             Sep '08    139039 MB  |    149724 MB  |    288763 MB
             Oct '08      8636 MB  |      7236 MB  |     15872 MB
           ------------------------+---------------+---------------
           estimated    494244 MB  |    414121 MB  |    908365 MB

   and for weeks, it does this calendar week, last calendar week, and last 7 days

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7. October 1st, 2008#7

   

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   Re: data usage monitor

   Does it run if you type:

   Code:

   vnstat -l -i eth0