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by efren

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Hi all, well im pretty new to the networking management part so i wondering what would be the best method to deloy my machines. here is my scenerio

10 workstations pc

1 windows 2003 server

i want to be able to monitor all the network traffic from the workstations.

im going to setup windows 2003 server as a dns server so the workstations would have to go to the server to get the internet.

{workstations} - {server} - {router} - {internet}

to get more into detail lets say im using all the bandwidth from my internet i want to able to see what workstation is causing the problem from the server. any suggestions?

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by hal 9000

It depends on how long you want to use one for and how much you want to spend. Most of the free ones will not work for extended periods with a Server product in place but you might like to try this one

http://preview.tinyurl.com/3aopgs

It's not something that I've used mainly because I don't allow Windows Products direct connection to the Internet as they lack the necessary security that I require.

Col

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