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We use wire shark but you must check all frames
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We use wire shark but you must check all frames

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Wireshark is a very good tool, but if your nodes are on a switch, you will only see broadcast and direct traffic to/from the host you have wireshark running on. &nbsp;If you have a switched network, you can monitor all of the ports on multiple switches with MRTG<br />
<a href="http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/" rel="ugc">http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/</a><br />
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It really depends on your network and devices.
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Wireshark is a very good tool, but if your nodes are on a switch, you will only see broadcast and direct traffic to/from the host you have wireshark running on.  If you have a switched network, you can monitor all of the ports on multiple switches with MRTG
http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/ [http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/]

It really depends on your network and devices.

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where do i set it up to see which node is transmitting excessively?
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where do i set it up to see which node is transmitting excessively?

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You have to monitor all ports on the switch to see which is generating the most traffic. &nbsp;You install the software on a server and tou then have to use SNMP to poll the data, if the switch supports it. It's not a simple exercise.
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You have to monitor all ports on the switch to see which is generating the most traffic.  You install the software on a server and tou then have to use SNMP to poll the data, if the switch supports it. It's not a simple exercise.

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I don't think our switch supports it. Isn't there another way.?
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I don't think our switch supports it. Isn't there another way.?

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I am looking for a free network monitoring tool to see which node is spewing or sucking an access amount of traffic on the network. Any suggestions?<br />
Thanks.
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I am looking for a free network monitoring tool to see which node is spewing or sucking an access amount of traffic on the network. Any suggestions?
Thanks.

Network traffic monitoring tool?

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