PRTG Traffic Grapher Freeware is a good one if you're looking for something on Windows.
http://www.paessler.com/prtg6 Easy to set up and get going as a packet sniffer, you might want to add some extra protocols for SQL,ICA, CIFS in to the Channel Library and Packet Sniffer Channel List. Hard part is setting your network switch to do the mirror/span/analyser on a port. -----Original Message----- From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 November 2008 15:30 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Looking for packet shaping/viewer appliance/sotware Kurt, I went to the ntop site, and they're saying you can actually use Win32 platform for this also. Is there a specific reason you suggest *nix, or is that just habit? Joe Heaton Employment Training Panel -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 5:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Looking for packet shaping/viewer appliance/sotware If all you're looking to do is see bandwidth usage by protocol, and other monitoring tasks, such as who your top 3 talkers are, etc., I can heartily recommend putting up a *nix box on a mirror/span port on the switch to which your firewall is connected, and running ntop. ntop is really dang cool - http://www.ntop.org/overfview.html On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At one of my clients we have the need to try and determine how the internet > is being utilized. The 10mb is constantly swamped and I have a hard time > believing it's for work-related reasons. > > I'm looking at putting in some kind of software/device that analyzes the > internet traffic and can tell me how much is being used for basic web > surfing, streaming video, webcam usage, p2p programs, internet radio, or > whatever else might be happening. > > I know packeteer has a product that does this, but we are NOT looking to > "shape" the bandwidth at this time, merely view it so we can make a > determination of what to do from there. They used to have a "viewer" > product in the past long ago called PacketPup but I'm not sure if they do > anymore... > > Any recommendations on how I can determine what the internet is being used > for as it relates to Applications? > > Thanks > JR > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft(R) Windows(R) and Linux web and application > hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ === STEMCOR CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLAIMER NOTICE This e-mail is intended only for the addressees named in it. The contents should not be disclosed to any other person nor copies taken. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Stemcor unless otherwise specifically stated. Stemcor does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message nor responsibility for any change made to it after it was sent by the original sender. You are advised to carry out a virus check before opening any attachment as Stemcor does not accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of any software viruses. You should be aware that Stemcor reserves the right to read incoming and outgoing emails. === ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
