Simple and quick way to set up straightforward bandwidth monitoring with iptables,"Linux has a number of useful bandwidth monitoring and management programs. A quick search on Freshmeat.net for bandwidth returns a number of applications. However, if all you need is a basic overview of your total bandwidth usage, iptables is all you really need -- and it's already installed if you're using a Linux distribution based on the 2.4.x or 2.6.x kernels" ..
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as for me I use proteMac Meter…may it wil help anybody…