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Date:      Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:32:43 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Glenn McCalley <techlist@mail.bnetmd.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MRTG vs. character of traffic
Message-ID:  <20100127153243.GV50360@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <10713CBA99A4455684AA7CB50185C3A3@GLENN2>
References:  <10713CBA99A4455684AA7CB50185C3A3@GLENN2>

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In the last episode (Jan 27), Glenn McCalley said:
> OK so the data center says my traffic is unreasonable.  Turns out they may
> be correct.  MRTG is showing one server with a totally unreasonable level
> of outbound traffic so now I know which machine to study.  Are there
> recommendations for a tool to tell me what KIND of traffic, not just the
> gross bit rate?  I want to find that idiot that's causing all the
> bandwidth.

tcpdump or wireshark would be a good start, if you're around when it
happens.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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