Monitor you Broadband usage

I was searching for a program that keep statistics about my data usage until i found this tools:

[COLOR=Red]KNemo[/COLOR]

It a good tool for monitoring and keep track of data usage (Daily, Monthly & Yearly)

To install it :

sudo apt-get install knemo

To allow recording statistics: 1- right click on KNemo tray icon & select [COLOR=Red]Configure Knemo[/COLOR] 2- Check [COLOR=Red]Activate Statistics[/COLOR]

I simply use vnstat and the command ``` vnstat -d

#!/bin/bash vnstat -d > /tmp/$(date +%F-%T)-DLs gedit /tmp/*DLs

Try it, you'll see what I mean.  You don't have to use /tmp for the txt file if you want to keep it; you could put it in /home just as easily, but I did it this way so the file disappears on rebooting, but can be saved to /home very quickly.

Here's the output of my use of this system with a lot of the lines deleted for space saving.

eth0 / daily

day rx | tx | total ------------------------+-------------+---------------------------------------- 10.03. 38.95 MB | 4.69 MB | 43.64 MB 11.03. 1.05 GB | 49.91 MB | 1.10 GB %%%%%%%%%%%%: 12.03. 260.51 MB | 15.24 MB | 275.74 MB %%% ----- 07.04. 142.68 MB | 8.43 MB | 151.11 MB % 08.04. 15.93 MB | 4.03 MB | 19.96 MB ------------------------+-------------+---------------------------------------- estimated 16 MB | 4 MB | 20 MB

Do you know of a tool that functions and displays like Dumeter or Networx in windows? I need that equivalent in realtime.

i have installed vnstat:

sudo apt-get install vnstat

vnstat -i ppp0 -d > /tmp/$(date +%F-%T)-DLs

Error:
Unable to read database "/var/lib/vnstat/ppp0".
 ppp0: Not enough data available yet.

That's because you only just installed it. Have a look at ``` man vnstat

It will work as I showed you from the date of installation, but not backdated, I'm afraid.

oracle2b said: Do you know of a tool that functions and displays like Dumeter or Networx in windows? I need that equivalent in realtime.

Right click panel ->Add to panel ->Network Monitor.

Tried KNemo on Lucid - and no joy. It downloaded well enough, but refuses to run.

about ppp0

try this command :

vnstat -u -i ppp0

wait a while to collect some data , then try this command

vnstat -d

after that , you'll get something like that :

ppp0 / daily

day rx | tx | total | avg. rate ------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------- 12/14/10 609 KiB | 73 KiB | 682 KiB | 2.74 kbit/s ------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------- estimated -- | -- | -- | r

Thansk zazlox,

now vnstat is working well with me

strangely when i type your command

vnstat -u -i ppp0

it say's Error: Unable create database backup "/var/lib/vnstat/.ppp0".

any clues....am too new to this ubuntu and am using ubuntu 11.10

Thanks