Topic: IP/Bandwidth monitor

[Bob Meyers]

I recently had a task to track down an infected PC (WellChia virus) that was hogging all the bandwidth on a T-1. In desperation (and panic)I used netstat variations to learn the IP address of the hog.

Is there a better bandwidth/network hog monitor for interactively monitoring traffic on an SME server? I searched this forum and found a reference to "ntop", but posts were 3 years old.

Anyone have a favorite monitor technique to share?

[Byte]

you could use iptraf you can find rpm on http://rpmfind.com

and few other people use others cant rember off top my head but if you take a trip over to http://contribs.org you can find a few others.

Hope this points you in the right direction at least

[Walter Padgett]

Good Afternoon,

1. You can use Mr. May's contrib for NTOP at http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/dmay/mitel/contrib/ntop/
2. You can use Mr. Bharda's contrib for netprob at http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/cbharda/howto/netprobe-howto.htm
3. Read this thread concerning IPTraf http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=17927.msg70198#msg70198

I've looked at IPTraf but I haven't looked at netprobe. IPTraf has a good interface.

Later

Wally