Suggestions for keeping track of broadband usage?

I have two internet connections, one "unlimited" and the other which is a 1 GB per month plan. So far, I've been using the "unlimited" connection but now I've managed to set up the other one as well. The ISP in the case of the limited plan is BSNL. They have a site which shows data usage but it is poorly maintained especially towards the end of the calendar month. What I'd like is some means of monitoring my usage on this account "live" without having to visit the ISP's site. On Windows, I used something called Shaplus which used to record the day's usage and a running total for the current month. It wasn't exact but close enough.

 

http://humdi.net/vnstat/


http://www.ubuntugeek.com/bandwidth-monitoring-tools-for-ubuntu-users.html

 

Thanks for those links! I'll hold off for a while until 12.04 is safely installed. I'm having the pre-install jitters wondering what all can go wrong.

But if anyone is using any of these tools, feedback will be most appreciated. BTW, both the connections are set-up as "DSL" but I want to monitor the monthly usage of just the limited usage plan.

 

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=288575&highlight=vnstati

(You can also try ppp frontend).

 

Thanks, Ocky!

Also, http://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu...ork-bandwidth-usage-in-ubuntu-linux-with-ntm/ but this one is not in the Ubuntu Software Center.

 

Funny, I was just reading about this on another forum....



http://www.cucusoft.com/netguard.aspx

 

Clearly not a Linux forum but thanks anyway.

 

nethogs - to see what's hogging your bandwidth.

Small prog. http://nethogs.sourceforge.net/

In repos:-
sudo apt-get install nethogs

 

Ahh, sorry...I found this thread on 'new posts'...didn't pay attention to the header

 

Not to worry. On Windows, I used a little thing from Shaplus.