Plenty of traffic, workstations broadcast announcing services, registration
with WINS if one is out there, for NT Workstations they will authenticate to
the Domain Controller. (machine database - not user logon)
If you're using bootp/dhcp that will also be taking place.
And the traffic is periodic. Workstations broadcast every 60 seconds (I
believe) and on every protocol configured, i.e. if you have IP, IPX and
NetBeui configured, then that station will broadcast 3 times every 60
seconds.
Tool? Any packet analyzer, etherpeek, NetXray, etc.
Take a lone hub, put a workstation or two on it (don't forget a DC if you
have one) and watch the packets fly. More traffic than you probably
thought - now multiply that by about 100 or 1000 depending on the size of
your network and you'll get a good idea of the "overhead" before work is
actually being done!
Kevin Wigle
CCDP/CCNP..........
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mari Misato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, 19 August, 2000 10:12
Subject: A generic network question
> Hi Group
>
> If I have a network with all the workstations
> turned on (e.g. NT Workstations just boot up at the
> Ctrl+Alt+Del state) but no one is using any of
> the workstations, will this network have any network
> traffic? If yes, what kind? And, any tools to monitor
> this?
>
> Thanks.
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