[isalist] Re: OT: Bandwidth tool?
- From: "Ball, Dan" <DBall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:30:38 -0500
<rant>
I really-really have to caution you about programs such as MRTG. They
look great, and are good trouble-shooters, but do not, repeat DO NOT,
put 100% faith in this program to show you what how much bandwidth is
being used! The program uses a 5-minute "average" to generate the
graphs, and they are horribly deceiving...
I say this because our WAN service provider swears by it and it drives
me nuts... Our WAN gets totally saturated with traffic to the point
that clicking on a button in our database program takes 2-3 minutes to
accomplish, and we complain to them that they need to do something about
it, but they come back with "Well, MRTG shows that you are only using
about 1/3 of your bandwidth, so the problem isn't on our end!"... Okay,
so that is para-phrased, but you get the point. I've been going
round-and-round with them on this topic for a couple of years now, and
every time I think they understand they come back with another similar
statement. ARRRGH!
</rant>
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From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Thomas Mullins
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 4:55 PM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] Re: OT: Bandwidth tool?
Check out MRTG and Ntop.
Shane
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From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Barbara Causey
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 4:01 PM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] OT: Bandwidth tool?
Hello list,
I am sure this is a dumb question, but I am going to ask it anyway. Is
there
a quick and easy way to determine how much bandwidth is being used on a
network?
Thanks for any help,
Barbara
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