Hi,
I have a small Network at my office, all done by myself with my limited knowledge. I have 9 systems connected thru physical LAN and 1 laptop connected through Wireless (from my internet router)
I have distributed the internet connection openly, not using a proxy server. Anyone plugs in will get Internet on their system through the DHCP.
Recently I found that internet usage been crossing the limits. I am looking for a cheap solution to sniff/monitor internet/bandwidth usage system wise.
My LAN architecture goes like this...
I have a internet router (Linksys/Cisco WRT 120N) from which the cable goes to an un-managed 8 port switch.
I have three different areas in my office, so I pulled single cable to each of these areas and there I used another un-managed 8 port switch to distribute the LAN to the systems. All the three areas I did like this.
Pls find the graphical pattern in this link.
http://postimage.org/image/5jag9sn1z/
If I am right, bcs of my architecture pattern I dont think I can use a managed switch to capture Internet traffic, which captures the traffic port wise. I want to sniff the traffic by the IP or MAC address wise of the systems.
Suggestions/help will be much appreciated !!
Thanks in advance..
I have a small Network at my office, all done by myself with my limited knowledge. I have 9 systems connected thru physical LAN and 1 laptop connected through Wireless (from my internet router)
I have distributed the internet connection openly, not using a proxy server. Anyone plugs in will get Internet on their system through the DHCP.
Recently I found that internet usage been crossing the limits. I am looking for a cheap solution to sniff/monitor internet/bandwidth usage system wise.
My LAN architecture goes like this...
I have a internet router (Linksys/Cisco WRT 120N) from which the cable goes to an un-managed 8 port switch.
I have three different areas in my office, so I pulled single cable to each of these areas and there I used another un-managed 8 port switch to distribute the LAN to the systems. All the three areas I did like this.
Pls find the graphical pattern in this link.
http://postimage.org/image/5jag9sn1z/
If I am right, bcs of my architecture pattern I dont think I can use a managed switch to capture Internet traffic, which captures the traffic port wise. I want to sniff the traffic by the IP or MAC address wise of the systems.
Suggestions/help will be much appreciated !!
Thanks in advance..