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I've recently had to switch from wired network to a USB dongle for my internet connection, and as the prepaid connection has a 2 GB limit, I'd like to record how much I'm using and get a warning when I'm running low. I'm already using Conky as a system monitor, and have it display the connection speed and the amount downloaded/uploaded, but as this is reset on reboot, I lose track of the total downloads I've had over a given period.
Is there a way to get conky to display the total transfer, so that it persists between connections? Or better yet, what's a way of recording the total transfer on different interfaces that's persistent between reboots?
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You can use GKrellM, it has network interface monitors.
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vnstat will give you nice statistics but won't warn you when you're near a limit.
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Last edited by karol (2011-01-10 01:58:19)
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The software I've used (on Windows btw) displayed the those stats, which I guess came from the ISP. So take a dive into the documentation of out whatever software you're using.
Edit:
Looking closer at the link in the previous post I withdraw earlier suggestions (on scripting a custom cronjob).
Last edited by Pingwinski (2011-01-11 05:07:10)
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I'd go with vnstat and a script to hack it's output to display in conky.... As mentioned though, it won't stop you, but at least make it easier to monitor
Last edited by fukawi2 (2011-01-11 10:35:51)
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