Monitor Bandwidth usage

[jdam]

I need to find a tool or something to monitor my internet connection bandwidth usage. Is there such a thing? My service provider can only get me stats a month old with monthly and daily totals for usage. I need to see nearly realtime usage. Help?

 

[rrevuru]

Try MRTG(Multi Router Traffic Generator)

 

[ascotta]

Packetshaper from packeteer, will also allow you to limit at app level too.

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Cheers
Scott

 

[jdam]

This server is hosting terminal services and nothing else. No IIS or Exchange.

Does this effect what tools I should use?

 

[jdam]

ascotta

How can I get a copy. In Canada? Is there a purchase and download option? How Much?

 

[rrevuru]

Bandwidth monitoring tools capture all the packets leaving the interface, it doesnt matter what applications are using. Whatever application it has to be either TCP/UDP.

But make sure when you configure the monitor to capture port numbers corresponding the applications

 

[jdam]

I need to be able to see if/when the wan access at the router level is max-ing out. Say, Cable connection allows for 512 mb transfer speeds. I need to see when that is maxed. Total pipe usage. If there is a problem here, then I'll look into what apps etc are causing the max out.

 

[ascotta]

Its a hardware solution. $muchy. However it is brilliant. I would find a Citrix reseller(probably gold or distributer)

http://www.citrix.com

and they should be able to help you out. They should be able to provide at least an eval.

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Cheers
Scott

 

[jdam]

Packeteer product is hardware/software based appliance and runs about $15G to $20G

ANyone suggest a cheeper comparable product?

 

[Javamahn]

As long as you router is configured with SNMP you can use PRTG.

http://www.paessler.com/prtg

 

[BoulderBum]

What about perfmon.exe (Windows utility) looking at the networking performance counters?

 

[NickFerrar]

We use NetEnforcer, it's very similar to Packeteer but a bit cheaper I think.