Switch port utilization
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I have my switch and ports displaying data. How can I configure it to see top 5 or 10 network activity to pinpoint high bandwidth hogs?
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So if my switch lets me forward all packets to a monitor port, then I would have to install another NIC on the server running promiscuous and hooked up to that monitor port correct?
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The information in the Paessler Knowledge Base comes without warranty of any kind. Use at your own risk. Before applying any instructions please exercise proper system administrator housekeeping. You must make sure that a proper backup of all your data is available.
SNMP is only suited to a limited extend for this kind of analysis. In order to analyse network traffic comprehensively, please use either Flow or Packet Sniffing sensors.
For more details, please see How do I discern excessive bandwidth usage with PRTG?.
Jun, 2011 - Permalink