> every time we open the lab our bandwidth consumption tends > to rise up.
does it stay at that elevated level? if you turn off all the workstations, does it still stay at that level? <--------- I cannot measure because its out of our MRTG scale. by how much does it rise? (kbps, percentage). <--------- It consumes around 3mb as being reported by our ISP. But if we turn off the IDF where all the boxes are connected the bandwidth normalizes in an instance. > 1. Is this possible even though all workstations pass > through a secured router? if any workstations are cracked, sure. if any workstations are running unauthorized bandwidth hogs, then sure. check for those first. is there a wireless AP? maybe there's a windows box with trojans or just some filesharing software connected to your network. <----------- Yes, there are a lot of windows box connected with P2P software. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
