| | 1 | = Darkstat = |
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| | 3 | Darkstat is a network statistics gatherer. It's a packet sniffer that runs as a background process and gathers all sorts of statistics about network usage, and serves them over HTTP. |
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| | 5 | === Step 1:=== |
| | 6 | The first thing you'll need to do is install darkstat package in pfSense. Goto Package Manager from drop down System menu |
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| | 8 | Select Available Packages and search for darkstat. Then locate the darkstat package and click the + symbol next to it and confirm the setup to begin the installation. The installation process normally takes a few minutes to complete, make sure you do not leave the package installer page while it is installing. |
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| | 10 | === Step 2: === |
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| | 12 | Once the installation completes goto '''darkstat Settings''' on Diagnostics drop down menu. |
| | 13 | |
| | 14 | Configure following to enable darkstat: |
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| | 16 | * Enable darkstat: check the tick |
| | 17 | * Capture Interfaces: LAN |
| | 18 | * Web Interface Port: 666 |
| | 19 | * Local Network Traffic: check the tick |
| | 20 | * Local Network: LAN |
| | 21 | |
| | 22 | and Save |
| | 23 | |
| | 24 | === Step 3: === |
| | 25 | |
| | 26 | Browse to !http://<pfsense-ip>:666 |
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| | 28 | == Analysis == |
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| | 30 | === Graphs === |
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| | 32 | You will be presented with graphs of data count with time intervals of '''last 60 seconds''', '''last 60 minutes''', '''last 24 hours''' and '''last 31 days'''. |
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| | 34 | To get automatic updates on graphs toggle the reload button on the bottom. |
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| | 36 | === Hosts === |
| | 37 | |
| | 38 | You will be present with a table of IP addresses, Hostnames, Mac Addresses, byte counts and last seen time where you can use sorting to find minimum and maximum values. |
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