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Questions tagged [vnstat]

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vnstat not updating

I installed vnstat on my Ubuntu 14.04 server to track my internet usage (I have a limited monthly transfer). The database never updates, however. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling, but that doesn't work. What do I need to do to get vnstat to…
vaindil
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Is it possible to set on-peak and off-peak hours in vnstat for monitoring bandwidth?

I have recently downloaded vnstat to monitor my Internet bandwidth usage. I have a limited data plan but my ISP provides unmetered bandwidth during off-peak hours (2:00 AM to 8:00 AM). So, I would like vnstat to report the data usage categorizing…
Aditya
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Error: Unable to read database "/var/lib/vnstat/eth0": No such file or directory

I am using vnstat for first time and I am getting this error while using vnstat -d Error: Unable to read database "/var/lib/vnstat/eth0": No such file or directory The file in /var/lib/vnstat are enp1s0 wlp2s0 These are my network interfaces. I…
Prvt_Yadav
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Vnstat showing large amount of traffic

I am using lubuntu 16.04, and have vnstat to monitor my traffic, since in our students home we have a limit of 30Gb per month. Everything was fine with the program till yesterday when I tried upgrading the data base several time, and it did not…
Georgi Nikolov
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Monitor network usage during a specific time range within the day and generate report on monthly usage when needed

I want to monitor my internet usage via WiFi during a specific time period within the day (ex: from 8AM to 6PM) and get how much data I have used during the current month in a report when needed. Is there a way to to do this using vnstat or any…
SW_92
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vnstat: how do the --begin and --end options work?

I have a metered internet connection that resets on the 17th of each month. I'm using vnstat to monitor my bandwith. I just installed it from the repo. I'd like it to show me how much I have used from the 17th on but I can't get it to work. This is…
Maryness
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vnstat - combine WiFi and Ethernet usage together

My laptop has two network interfaces enp59s0 and wlp60s0. Historically I've always used the Ethernet card (enp59s0) so using vnstat to get network consumption for today, yesterday, current week and current month has never been an issue with…
WinEunuuchs2Unix
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Get network usage from specific date on terminal

On vnstat I can get the month, day, hour or top 10 days network usage. Is there anyway that I can get the network usage from specific date on the terminal? by vnstat or another tool? Edit: I want to have the usage from specific date to the current…
ICE
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getting daily data consumption value from vnstat in JSON

I want to retrieve the daily internet usage from my Ubuntu machine in Json format using Vnstat. To fetch the daily usage in terminal I use following command: vnstat -d -i wlp2s0 the output will be: wlp2s0 / daily day rx | …
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Terminal improper output, unprintable character

Ever since I have used vnstat and vnstati, not a single time have I received a proper date under the day column for vnstat. Also, vnstati screenshots display unprintable characters. Please help me solve this…
vishal-wadhwa
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Monitor PPPOE connection with vnstat

I've try vahid@DEMON:~$ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet ... lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 ... ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol ... vboxnet0 Link encap:Ethernet …
Daniyal Javani
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How to disable monitoring virtual ethernet interfaces with vnstat?

How can I prevent vnstat from monitoring virtual interfaces for example created by docker? vnstat monitors all network interfaces, including virtual network interfaces created by docker. We run a large docker stack that creates more than 20 virtual…
Duane Murphy
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vnstat data question

Test driving vnstat & trying match the usage with the provider report vnstat tells me I've used "155.06 KiB" -or- 0.00015878144 Gb last 30 days Provider reports 972gb use last 30 days Thoughts ? Yes, one/only system connected to isp
dbt
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Error selecting interface with "vnstat --face"

When changing the interface with the command vnstat --iface it shows me the following error Error: Interface for --iface missing.
Andy Romero
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Conky setup for sessional data usage

As in the above picture, the integration for data usage is acheived by the following code ${color orange}${voffset 2}${hr 1} ${color1}Network using vnStat "-i", "-w" and "-m" ${color}${goto 5}Today ${goto 100}Yesterday ${goto 225}Week…
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