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Feb 29 2008 4:05 AM GMT
by Jlees
You could use a great tool called
Wireshark, it used to be called ethereal, to do this task.
Wireshark is free! (You pay for support) and will tell you much of the information you are looking for. Do keep in mind though that you'll need to either configure a shiffer port on your core switch (or switches) if you have switches, since the traffic isn't sent to all ports on a switch by default. If you only have hubs this isn't a concern.
Also, if you have switches (and you're wanting trending-- not analysis) you could use another FREE piece of software called
MRTG to show you traffic patterns on your switches down to the port level and/or another piece of software called
PRTG to show you the traffic trends on your servers.
Network monitoring, Traffic analyzer software
Is there a simple, inexpensive way to monitor traffic on the network? I have a small school system with around 200pc's connected. I want to monitor the network traffic and see which IP address is spamming the network with traffic. It's a rural school without alot of finances to spend so I was looking for a freeware/shareware solution. All I need to know is which IP addy's are putting out all the traffic, then I can find those PC's and wipe/reload (I'm sure it's spyware related). They do not have any smart switches or routers capable of supplying the info. 
