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Monitoring internet bandwidth usage per machine

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by petrosky

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Hi,

I am wondering if anyone has any ideas for monitoring bandwidth from the internet to each machine. Basically we are a small company and would like to make sure that traffic is legitimate down to the office, IE. not someone streaming video/audio all day. If we can ascertain where it all goes we can take appropriate action.

Thanks for any help/ideas.

Peter

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by roger99a

I have an MS Proxy 2.0 server that I run most clients through and run reports using a program called Proxy Log Analyzer (PLA) to measure bandwidth and get reports on which sites have been visited. http://www.mechanicalminds.com/software/pla/

If you have an old copy of NT4 Backoffice you have the proxy, too. It runs on NT4 or 2000

by msminoza

Use an MRTG, if all your PC's are attached to a manageable switch, then you can check its invididual port usage.

by kingmans

If you monitor the switch ports with MRTG you can't differentiate between Internet traffic and traffic to the internal network, can you?

by petrosky

I will investigate the links posted and advise if I find an appropriate solution.
For the poster who advised the linux solution...I will check if there is a comparable bsd solution available.

Thanks again.

Peter

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