On 15/09/10 09:35, Brett Parker wrote:
Throw a linux box with two NICs in between the ADSL router and the office switch, set the two nics to bridge, and get the bridge to get an IP - that way you can talk to the linux box remotely... Now, use ntop or iptraf (actually, iptraf would probably do what you want nicely) on the bridge device and bob's your mother's brother.
I starting thinking about this too. If I'm going to do this, then it makes sense to stick something more permanent in there, eg an IPCop box, which (I assume - haven't looked recently) would give me the tools but also offer some additional features in terms of managing the bandwidth (and I think some kind of Windows Update proxy cache would be a step in the right direction).
Is IPCop a good choice? Untangle? A.N.Other?