can i see where data is going on my network?

[bchizary]

hi guys and gals, hope you can help. im administrator for a network of approx 60 pc's all on xp pro, have one nt 4 server running exchange and sharing printers and folders. the network seems to be very slow lately, and the internet expecially. I suspect someone downloading something, we have some users with their own laptops and i suspect they may be running kazaa or something like that and eating all the download bandwidth for the internet.

Im after a tool which will allow me to view how much data is going to and from each ip address on the network. this will identify someone receiving a little too much data!

Any ideas would be appreciated

thanks

 

[ThunderForest]

Have your tried Ethereal?

http://www.Ethereal.Com

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[PalmTest]

How about using CommTraffic?

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/commtraffic.html

Use it on the machine which connects to the Internet.

 

[Sympology]

As a sideline, do you have a firewall? Just block all but Port 80 (Http) and 443 (HTTPS).

Here is a useful link for ports:

http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/portnumbers.asp

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Stu.. 2004

 

[chiph]

You might want to see if anyone is listening to streaming audio/video off the internet, as well. That'll eat up some bandwidth.

Chip H.


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[drew1701d]

agree with chiph, all those online radio sites can gobble up bandwidth pretty quick