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    Network Monitoring software

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    by sumit2010 ·

    Hello,

    Could any of you suggest a good network monitoring software from your past experience? It should be able to do that following: –

    1. Monitor the real time bandwidth consumption based on internet IP.
    2. Which service/program is taking up most of overwhelming the network?
    3. Monthly/Weekly bandwidth per IP or system
    4. Monthly/Weekly bandwidth per service
    5. Shoot email to the system admin for any suspicious activity or when the bandwidth usage reaches a certain level.
    6. Ability to go back and find what really happened on the network.

    The budget is about 1000$, if there are any open-source alternatives, i would appreciate that as well.

    Thanks in advance 🙂

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    • #3036609

      Clarifications

      by sumit2010 ·

      In reply to Network Monitoring software

      Clarifications

    • #3036589

      Spiceworks

      by mafergus ·

      In reply to Network Monitoring software

      It can handle issues 1-5, has additional features and is free.

      For item #6 you will still need to get dirty.

      http://www.spiceworks.com

      I also recommend that you search TechRebulic as you will find a lot of discussion and good information here

    • #2827485

      NST

      by lmalhoit-networkstorageinc ·

      In reply to Network Monitoring software

      Do you have VMware? Actually, even if you don’t yet, you can download VMware Player for free and put it on a machine that has access to all the devices you want to monitor. There is a virtual appliance that you can download for free and set up, then.

      http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/141/

      I’ve used it at a couple different places. It’s pretty easy to set up and it seems to work well.

      • #2827482

        indeed

        by pc-guru ·

        In reply to NST

        VMware would be the most cost effective and best choice off the top of my head

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