Wireshark Application

worldmac1

worldmac1 Senior MemberMember Posts: 121 ■■□□□□□□□□

March 2010 in CCNA Security

Hey guys, Quick question...

I realize Wireshark can be used to monitor packets, but can it also be used to monitor bandwidth between servers? I have 3 Windows boxes and 1 AS/400 box that are supposed to be running at 1 GB. Can Wireshark monitor this bandwidth for me? If not, what would you guys recommend on the cheap (FREE)?

Thanks again for all your help!!!

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tiersten was here. Member Posts: 4,505

March 2010

If you just want to see how much is coming/going on each servers network connection then use SNMP to monitor the counters for each port.

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qplayed Senior Member Member Posts: 303

March 2010

I would look into zenoss w/ snmp

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worldmac1 Senior Member Member Posts: 121 ■■□□□□□□□□

March 2010

Great!! Thanks a lot!

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rsutton Senior Member Member Posts: 1,029 ■■■■■□□□□□

March 2010

You can use Wireshark to monitor bandwidth, although as stated there are better solutions. SNMP/Nagios is probably your best bet.

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