Supported Data Acquisition Methods
Supported Data Acquisition Methods
All common methods for network usage data acquisition are supported:
· SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol is the basic method of gathering bandwidth and network usage data. It can be used to monitor bandwidth usage of routers and switches port-by-port as well as device readings like memory, CPU load etc.
· Packet Sniffing: The Packet Sniffer inspects all network data packets passing the PC's network card(s) and is able to classify network traffic by IP address, protocol and other parameters
· NetFlow: The NetFlow protocol is supported by most Cisco routers to measure bandwidth usage. Although being the most complex type to set up it is also the most powerful method suitable for high traffic networks and can also classify network traffic by IP address, protocol and other parameters.
· Note: Only with Packet Sniffer and NetFlow based monitoring it is possible to measure the traffic by IP address, and/or protocol. SNMP based traffic measurement is port-based only.
Additionally you can monitor latencies using PINGs, e.g. to monitor the jitter and packet loss of a data line.