[GRLUG] Finding the bandwidth hog

[Richard Maloley II]

Another thought - does the utilization only occur during the day? Or is
this 24/7? If this happens 24/7 then I'd opt for disconnecting things after
hours until you find the culprit.

*Richard Maloley II*
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On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 3:16 PM, megadave <megadave at gmail.com> wrote:

> Failing that, disconnect things one at a time (less important things
> first, of course) until it stops.
>
> Then reconnect the last thing you disconnected, and investigate what
> that thing is doing vs what its supposed to be doing.
>
> If you can do "groups of things" and identify the group, then you can
> do individual stations in that group/segment.
>
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 15:10, Richard Maloley II
> <richard at rrcomputerconsulting.com> wrote:
> > Ben,
> >
> > Do you have any sort of managed switching environment in place? If so
> then
> > you should be able to check each switch/port and identify the culprit
> rather
> > easily. That will get you to the necessary network segment then the much
> > smaller task of identifying the individual/computer can commence.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Richard Maloley II
> > Rick and Richard Computer Consulting
> > p: 616-284-1694
> > e: richard at rrcomputerconsulting.com
> > w: http://www.rrcomputerconsulting.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 2:13 PM, megadave <megadave at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > While cisco "enterprise" hardware in general is good stuff, the cisco
> >> > pix is garbage - it is the exception that proves the rule..
> >> >
> >> > I wouldnt rule out that it was part of the problem.
> >> >
> >> > what type of pipe do you have, how much bandwidth are you seeing in
> >> > use, how much upload vs download, what is the primary use of your
> >> > network? is this mainly office with people surfing the net, do you
> >> > have server farms, etc?
> >>
> >> We have a fractional T1 smart-T through Paetec.  1.33 up and down.
> >> Using paetec portal as the visualizer, our download utilization is
> >> pegged most of the day.  The network is mainly for e-mail, and
> >> reporting from our software vender.  We do have people running
> >> streaming services, but I have asked them not to for the afternoon.
> >> We do have our website on the network but that is a small static site.
> >>
> >> Also I am on windows right now trying to do this.
> >>
> >> Share and Enjoy
> >> Ben
> >>
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