Is there a gui based utility to see who is consuming network bandwidth?

[knc]

I am trying to help someone diagnose some network congestion long distance, and thought how nice a gui type utility would be..

Thanks..

 

[mrapoc]

I guess it would need to be integrated into a network device to work well like a managed switch, router or firewall

 

[altrenda]

ntopng
http://www.ntop.org/products/traffic-analysis/ntop/

 

[jmitservices]

http://www.cacti.net/

 

[Thedog]

Most good high-end routers has this feature built in, otherwise install DD-wrt if you have a compatible router

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Basically you have 2x sources....
*The router.
*A managed switch.

As for the router....depends on the router. Some have this feature built in...typically not residential grade routers, not many SMB grade ones either. But ya never know. And if it's a router that supports some 3rd party firmware...like Tomato or some DD flavors...yup....you can get some with MRTG or PRTG built in. Many *nix UTMs have a more advanced feature. There are some good plugins for PFSense, and I know Untangle has a great bandwidth monitor (a pay for add-on..but you can get a free trial)

A managed switch would also help you find this....if you know what port each client was plugged into.

There are some free software products which you can run on a computer for a while....or at least free trials.

 

[altrenda]

Basically you have 2x sources....
*The router.
*A managed switch.

As for the router....depends on the router. Some have this feature built in...typically not residential grade routers, not many SMB grade ones either. But ya never know. And if it's a router that supports some 3rd party firmware...like Tomato or some DD flavors...yup....you can get some with MRTG or PRTG built in. Many *nix UTMs have a more advanced feature. There are some good plugins for PFSense, and I know Untangle has a great bandwidth monitor (a pay for add-on..but you can get a free trial)

A managed switch would also help you find this....if you know what port each client was plugged into.

There are some free software products which you can run on a computer for a while....or at least free trials.

It would have been nice to know what the hardware in use is.

I have used and really like BandwidthD on pfSense. I believe it works on untangle as well, but never used it. I never could figure why Untangle has a paid bandwidth monitor.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

It would have been nice to know what the hardware in use is.

I have used and really like BandwidthD on pfSense. I believe it works on untangle as well, but never used it. I never could figure why Untangle has a paid bandwidth monitor.

Yeah BandwidthD rocked.

The bandwidth manager in Untangle in incredibly detailed.....very powerful tool. Nothing at all like the basic graphs of MRTG or other freebie ones in *nix distros. Certainly worth it.

 

[mrapoc]

I've got a pfsense box at home. Pretty powerful monitoring for free