It's easy to do it on a hubbed network, but when your lan has switches it becomes tough. I need a software tool (traffic meter) that enables me to measure the traffic on the network and also to trace which is the IP address or MAC address that consumes the most of the bandwidth.
2006-10-26 07:59:41 · 2 answers · asked by estemaz 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
In a switched network, you can port-span the uplink port on a switch to a host that is running any variety of traffic-utilization software; all traffic to/from that switch will be duplicated to the spanned port, which will feed a copy of all of those packets to your measuring host.
Across multiple switches, you may need multiple sampling points, or you can take your sample at the central (core) switch or router at each outbound interface.
2006-10-26 08:10:59 · answer #1 · answered by drumrb0y 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would not. it is a reasonably difficulty-loose fable. Switches isolate *cooperating* segments from one yet another. yet people who're attempting to compromise your protection won't cooperate. it is like asserting a guy on the door to a financial enterprise who won't permit absolutely everyone in except they promise to no longer rob the placement improves the financial enterprise's protection.
2016-10-02 23:59:56 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋