ntop is your friend. It can use bpf filters (same as Wireshark) to measure traffic and graph it between two (or more) machines, as opposed to all traffic on the wire that it sees.
Placement is important - you'll need to put it on a monitor/span port, but it works really well for this purpose. On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Benjamin Zachary - Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been asked to determine what the network traffic is for a particular > client/server app. Other than running some bandwidth tests, and then running > them while running the application is about the best thing I came up with. > Is there any particular software that could do something like that? A > sniffer and such wouldn't tell me bandwidth used. We are deciding whether a > terminal server (75k/user) is better than vpn for the particular app. > > > > Personally I like TS for the other advantages but I need to have something > close to accurate. > > > > Thx > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
