Could someone recommend an approach for solution for monitoring specific connections between hosts over a wan/lan. I need to keep something running on our network that will allow for monitoring these connections. I have heard netflow can do this, I just wanted to get more feedback.
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In article , branigan wrote: :Could someone recommend an approach for solution for monitoring specific :connections between hosts over a wan/lan. I need to keep something running :on our network that will allow for monitoring these connections. I have :heard netflow can do this, I just wanted to get more feedback.
netflow is at heart an accounting device -- such and such a connection was created then, sent this much traffic, and stopped whenever.
If you need to monitor packet -content- then netflow is inappropriate.
Try Ethereal. It's a free download.
check out HostMonitor -
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