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Hey I'm developing a 3G connected device with a raspberry Pi. My mobile provider allows me to use 50 MB/month.

This device will be installed somewhere nobody can have physically access to. My concern is to avoid data traffic overuse. I need a tool to measure all the accumulated traffic going through (in and out) the ppp0 interface in order to disconnect the interface until next month if the 50MB limit is reached.

I tried with ifconfig but since I have some disconnections the counter is always reset at each reconnection.

I tried ntop and iftop but from what I understood these are tools for measuring real-time traffic.

I'm really looking for some kind of cumulative traffic use, like we usually can find on smartphones.

Any idea?

alexislg
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try vnstat with vnstati

Its quiet easy to install, most Linuxdistros have it in their repos and it generates beautyful images: SCREENIE

derdigge
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