Anyone to view bandwidth usage? And also block specific traffic?

I'm using TONS of bandwidth and I don't know where it's going...

[tomld2]

I've used over 750 gigs of bandwidth this month alone and I have no idea where it's going. I have Webalizer stats which show almost nothing in terms of specifics. I think it might be one affiliate, but I'm not sure. Is there anyway to see exactly where all my bandwidth to going & who/where the traffic is coming from? Also is there any way to ban traffic from a certain domain from even accessing my site? Because once I identify where it's coming from, then I need to ban it. Can anyone help? This is becoming a very expensive problem.

Thanks
Tom

[jdMorgan]

Tom,

You might ask your host about a better stats package for your needs. Certainly, you need one that shows where your bytes are going.

You can ban IP addresses from accessing your server, and you can 'sort of' ban requests referred by specific domains (e.g. 'hotlinking'). I say, 'sort of' because this method relies on the HTTP_REFERER header, and its presence in a request is not 100% reliable. But it can reduce your bandwidth, which is the stated goal here.

However, you'll need to know what the exact problems are, so either get a more suitable stats package, or wade through your raw server logs manually. Once you identify the specific problems, the solutions are fairly easy.

Jim