Argus for IP accounting (and with dynamic IP addresses)

[Andrew Pollock]

Hi,

I'm evaluating Argus for use at my work for tracking data delivered to various
network segments.

I figure I just set it up collecting and then use the racount utility with a
pcap filter that specifies the destination network and a timeframe? Is there a
better way to do it? I'm finding the output from ra somewhat overwhelming, so
I'm not sure if I'm on the right track or not.

I'm running it at home at the moment to track usage on my ADSL connection, which
has a dynamic IP address. I'm just wondering how you keep track of things when
the "local" IP address varies?

Andrew