On 6 Feb, this message from Rory Campbell-Lange echoed through cyberspace: > Hi - please forgive me for a non powerpc question! > I'm looking for Linux network analysis software for our little company > which has a flat LAN with about 100 users running on Ethernet and Bay > switches. Is there anything I should have a look at? ^^^^^^^^ Keep in mind that under default conditions, you won't see a lot with any analyzis tool that uses packet sniffing (like ethereal), since you are on a switched LAN; i.e. only broadcast traffic and traffic destined for MAC addresses connected to that specific port are seen on a port.
But the Bay switches might have a facility like a Switch Port Analyzer (don't know; never used Bay), which in effect redirects the traffic from a specific port to an analyzer port, where you can then connect a sniffer and listen to traffic on your selected, analyzed port. If you just want traffic stats per port, a tool like MRTG (Andreas sent you the link) is able to graph SNMP variables, under condition that your Bay switch supports SNMP and makes those varaibles available. Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
