Monitor you Broadband usage

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

KNemo

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

To install it :

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sudo apt-get install knemo

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Run the program from: Applications >> Internet >> KNemo

To allow recording statistics:
1- right click on KNemo tray icon & select Configure Knemo
2- Check Activate Statistics

I simply use vnstat and the command

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vnstat -d

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to give me the download and uploads per day for the last month. If I want to save the info as a file it is easy with the following script:-

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

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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.

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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

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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:

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sudo apt-get install vnstat

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after that i change the command to be:

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

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but it gave me this error:

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

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

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man vnstat

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which shows all the options available to you. I also use some of those, but the vnstat -d is the most useful to me.

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

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Originally Posted by oracle2b

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

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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 :

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vnstat -u -i ppp0

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

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vnstat -d

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after that , you'll get something like that :

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ppp0 / daily

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

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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