You've missed the point - without configuring your network to send all the
traffic to ntop, you won't see it.  That's true of EVERY network tool.
That's why I pointed you to the articles in docs/FAQ, which discuss how
Ethernet works and how switched networks work.

-----Burton

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Jason Hoss
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That is what I thought but I wasn't sure if NTOP was just a passive 
monitoring tool or if it had some active features I was not aware of.

I will keep looking.

Thanks for the replies.

Willy, Andrew wrote:
> You don't have to do anythint with Ntop specifically for switched
networks.
> Unless I misunderstood your question, the issue is one of general
> networking.  Ntop can't report on traffic that it doesn't see -- and it
> wouldn't see all by default in a switched environment.
> 
> Investigate network taps or even span ports.
> 
> Andrew
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Hoss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:19 AM
> To: Ntop
> Subject: [Ntop] New to Ntop. Need initial issues resolved.
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have searched the archive and really haven't found a good answer to my 
> simple question.  I apologize if this question is a problem, but I have 
> looked at all the available documents and haven't read an answer.
> 
> Anyway, my question is this.  I see that Ntop can run as a host, border 
> gateway, or sniffer.  I just want to analyze traffic on our switched 192 
> network and wanted to know what commands I have to enter at runtime to 
> make ntop see all the traffice on the network, or do I have to put it on 
> a box that is a gateway?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
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