Re: [wlug] Traffic Monitoring

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Felix Hohener wrote:

We got a small network which connects to the internet via a switch and an ADSL router. We have no access or control over the router (corporate office only).

I need to monitor the traffic between the individual work stations and the router in a as simple way as possible. Any suggestions? It can be Linux or Windows based, also commercial options are considered.

If the DSL router doesn't incorporate a hub, then slap a hub (not switch) in there, plug in a monitoring station running Linux, and put ntop (<http://www.ntop.org>, from memory) on it. Does the trick nicely. Cheers Richard -- Richard Stevenson