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It runs on a linux/*nix box and watches your network traffic. By default I install it on my firewalls(linux). If you put it on anything other than your firewall, you need to set it up as a sniffer. Setup 2 NICs, have the 2nd NIC setup as a port monitor to your firewall port on the Cisco. Matthew Shields Sr Systems Administrator NameMedia, Inc. (P) 781-839-2828 mshields at namemedia.com http://www.namemedia.com -----Original Message----- From: John Abreau [mailto:john.abreau at zuken.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 5:33 PM To: Matt Shields Cc: discuss at blu.org Subject: Re: How to use MRTG to monitor an application's bandwidth use? Matt Shields wrote: > Ok, someone may need to correct me, but your Application and the Network > operate at different levels in the protocol stack. So mrtg alone is > impossible. When you poll your router it is only going to report what > data is passed alone its interfaces. You could setup something like > NTOP to monitor your firewall for connections, then look at the > summarized traffic report and see what it says for the destination > everyone is connecting to. > Ntop? I'll take a look at that. I've got a Cisco PIX firewall; ntop runs on a separate machine and can pull statistics off the PIX, right? -- John Abreau IT Manager Zuken USA 238 Littleton Rd., Suite 100 Westford, MA 01886 T: 978-392-1777 F: 978-692-4725 M: 978-764-8934 E: John.Abreau at zuken.com W: www.zuken.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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