Re: SOHO-class user bandwidth monitoring
Seth Mattinen <sethm-z7IltzP/[email protected]> Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:49:17 -0700
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Frank Bulk - iName.com wrote: > I had a small-biz customer ask me today for a router or opensource software > that can help him track employee bandwidth usage. Besides setting up > Wireshark for the times congestion happens, the only thing I could come up > with was a Cisco ASA 5505 and use the free versions of netflow monitoring > tools from Solarwinds or Plixer. > > Any other ideas out there? It would need to be dead-simple for the customer > to configure and set up. > You could use any router that supported netflow. Do they already have a router or just trashy ISP supplied stuff? I've been a fan of the 2800 series routers for entry level applications. They're cheap enough and extremely flexible. ~Seth -- Eat sushi frequently. - Avi [email protected] is the human contact address. [email protected] is the list posting address. See below URL for subscribe/unsubscribe and list options: http://inet-access.net/mailman/listinfo/list