Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:10:53 +0000 From: Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: traffic analysis Message-ID: <43FAE72D.4000208@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk>
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Our freeBSD 6.0 host is not yet in production, but appears to have outgoing traffic of around 140Mb/day; the http logs say 16 hits etc. The host provider said this "The server is on a /20-network, and this leads to high amounts of background traffic (ARP, broadcast, etc.). These traffic types are likely to be the reason for most of your outbound traffic." I'm not sure I follow this argument. Does this mean I'm responding to large number of spurious requests? The provider's analysis of the input volume is pretty small (0Mb). Is there a tool that can give me some reasonable data on this sort of problem? Perhaps I need to close down some services etc. -- Robin Becker
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