On 3 May 2002 at 14:24, Vijay Kumar wrote: > I cannot install IPTraf on the gateway because we have a checkpoint > firewallrunning on an NT machine there. > I want to know the packets/ bytes sent and recived by all the clients so > that in case ther's a network congestion > we can at least try to identify the client which is causng the congestion. > > Let me know in case there are any others ways to tackle the above issue.
OK Two things. 1)It's very unlikely that one of your lan machine is getting your net connection down to it's knees. Better chances are that VSNL is dropping line response sporadically. But there is a positive possibility of this happening. 2)If you want to give it a try, install a linux machine on same switch in promiscuous mode(Dunno if this works for active switches but just making guess.) and let iptraf analyse the things. Or you can make all your traffic go thr. linux machine using NAT and just forward the traffic to NT machine. This will definitely work. Also there are some bandwidth throttling modules for linux kernels which allow you to moderate badwidth depending upon port they are accessing. So if you install and configure them, it should save you more than a buck. e.g. you don't mind people downloading mp3 but not more than 1kbps..;-) Check this.. http://wipl-wrr.dkik.dk/wrr/. I think both the programs are useful to you. Or google for "linux kernel bandwidth management module" You will get some good material.. Shridhar _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
