QUERY: Network Monitoring

I am wondering if someone can suggest to me a good network monitor program
that can run on a Windows 2000 Server and log the external internet usage
for

each internal PC. We have one server connected to the internet, and all
internal PCs go through the server. It would be good to know which PC is
using the

most out of the internet, as well as what he/she is doing... (maybe).

I have googled and there are so many programs but a lot of them are for
unix. A free program for Windows would help.
Any ideas?

Any proxy server or something like websense can do this for you. I heard
that squid can run on windows, but it would be easier to use a VM Virtual
Appliance. I'm sure someone has built one for a proxy. They are typically
free, but Linux based (licensing).

Kerio Proxy
http://www.kerio.com/kwf_surf_protection.html

VM Virtual Appliances
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/index.html


"Dhruba Bandopadhyay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I am wondering if someone can suggest to me a good network monitor program
> that can run on a Windows 2000 Server and log the external internet usage
> for
>
> each internal PC. We have one server connected to the internet, and all
> internal PCs go through the server. It would be good to know which PC is
> using the
>
> most out of the internet, as well as what he/she is doing... (maybe).
>
> I have googled and there are so many programs but a lot of them are for
> unix. A free program for Windows would help.
> Any ideas?
>
>

Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote:
> I am wondering if someone can suggest to me a good network monitor program
> that can run on a Windows 2000 Server and log the external internet usage
> for
>
> each internal PC. We have one server connected to the internet, and all
> internal PCs go through the server. It would be good to know which PC is
> using the
>
> most out of the internet, as well as what he/she is doing... (maybe).
>
> I have googled and there are so many programs but a lot of them are for
> unix. A free program for Windows would help.
> Any ideas?

Yes - I have just asked this same question somewhere else, and got a
perfect answer:

NTop Xtra

You can get it here:

http://www.openxtra.co.uk/downloads/ntop-download.php

It looks a little complicated, but gives you EVERYTHING you need, it's
GNU but has been ported to Windows, so it's FREE!

Enjoy.

Dst.

Greetings,
If you need a more enterprise level solutions I would recommend Websense (as
mentioned before), or Surf Control.

http://www.websense.com/global/en/
http://www.surfcontrol.com/

Hope this helps,
--
Louis Vitiello Jr.
------------------------------
MCSE, MCSA, MCP, A+/N+
ERCP XP Pro / Net Concepts



"DSt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote:
>> I am wondering if someone can suggest to me a good network monitor
>> program
>> that can run on a Windows 2000 Server and log the external internet usage
>> for
>>
>> each internal PC. We have one server connected to the internet, and all
>> internal PCs go through the server. It would be good to know which PC is
>> using the
>>
>> most out of the internet, as well as what he/she is doing... (maybe).
>>
>> I have googled and there are so many programs but a lot of them are for
>> unix. A free program for Windows would help.
>> Any ideas?
>
> Yes - I have just asked this same question somewhere else, and got a
> perfect answer:
>
> NTop Xtra
>
> You can get it here:
>
> http://www.openxtra.co.uk/downloads/ntop-download.php
>
> It looks a little complicated, but gives you EVERYTHING you need, it's
> GNU but has been ported to Windows, so it's FREE!
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Dst.
>