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    Software for monitoring purposes?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by jimak, Dec 15, 2007.

  1. jimak

    jimak Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is there a software that I could use for monitoring my router network? I’d like to watch speed, downloads etc.?
     
    jimak, Dec 15, 2007
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    As far as I know, in order to monitor the network you would need to have a server (or PC) acting as the router, and then you would install software to monitor the network.

    Some routers have logs that you can review that show network usage. Does you router have these logs?
     
    kegobeer, Dec 15, 2007
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    jimak Notebook Enthusiast

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    Unfortunately no. I can only see ip and mac adresses and that’s practically all.
     
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    Why do you want to monitor your network connections? Do you think someone is stealing bandwidth, or is it just one of those "I'd like to see what's going on for no particular reason" things?

    Have you looked at this?
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/148942

    I haven't done any research on it, so I have no idea if it applies to your situation.
     
    kegobeer, Dec 15, 2007
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    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    A managed switch can be used to send syslogs.
     
    blue68f100, Dec 15, 2007
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