Funny, we had a situation like that with our last ISP. For months, they told us our link was saturated. We told them we can't access anything. We did virus/malware scans, etc. Then they recommended usage monitoring tools to download. The tools promptly showed that all of us were barely using any traffic, and yet we couldn't access anything. But they still insisted... we eventually gave them the boot.
Needless to say, I'd be very interested in this tool for monitoring our usage with our new ISP. -- Solomon King Chief Executive Officer Node Six Node Six provides Website Hosting & Domain Name services and builds Website Applications. Website: http://www.nodesix.com Email: [email protected] Phone: +256 [0] 773 080533 Blog: http://blog.nodesix.com [ Corporate ] Blog: http://rogueking.com [ Personal ] Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/solomonking On Fri, October 15, 2010 9:33 am, Stephen S. Musoke wrote: > Reinier, > > Thanks, however this seems to be for Windows Updates. What I am looking > for > is a way to monitor the bandwidth passing through a NIC that's connecting > me > to the Internet (my gateway), so that I can identify what kind of traffic > is > going out and coming in. > > My ISP tells me that my link is saturated, but they cannot provide me with > any graphs/data/information, so seems like I have to do the hard work > myself. > > Stephen > > -----Original Message----- > From: Reinier Battenberg [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 9:10 AM > To: Linux Users Group Uganda > Subject: Re: [LUG] Bandwidth Monitoring on a NIC > > Flash it with IPcop, i would say. > > Then install the http://update-accelerator.advproxy.net/ and see how all > your > winblows updates get cached. > > That will give you less traffic to monitor :-) > > > -- > rgds, > > Reinier Battenberg > Director > Mountbatten Ltd. > +256 758 801 749 > www.mountbatten.net > > > > On Friday 15 October 2010 08:25:57 Stephen S. Musoke wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> What open source tools can I monitor the bandwidth usage on a NIC, the >> OS >> is windows 2003 server. I am using this box to connect my internal LAN >> to >> my ISP, and since I cannot get data from them, I can try to get some >> data >> myself >> >> I know, I know this is a LUG forum, but I believe that the members of >> this >> forum deal with this kind of problem on a regular basis hence my >> question. >> And no, I cannot change my OS >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Stephen >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> All Archives can be found at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any >> way. --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. > --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. > --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
