Where can we find some inexpensive products that can monitor bandwidth and conduct MIS reporting about applications used by each IP address over the WAN?Where can we find inexpensive products that monitor bandwidth and conduct MIS reporting about applications each IP address uses over the WAN?The Multi Router Traffic Grapher is an open source tool for monitoring the traffic load on network links. MRTG generates HTML pages containing graphical images to provide a live visual representation of this traffic. Here is an example.MRTG is based on Perl and C and works under Unix and Windows NT. MRTG is in widespread use across the Internet. Snort is a strong open source network intrusion-detection system, capable of performing real-time traffic analysis and packet logging on IP networks. It can perform protocol analysis, content searching/matching and can be used to detect a variety of attacks and probes, such as buffer overflows, stealth port scans, common gateway interface attacks, SMB probes and more.It includes real-time alerting, incorporates alerting mechanisms for syslog, a user specified file, a Unix socket or WinPopup messages via smbclient. Another tool, called Argus, is available for Unix at www.qosient.com/argus/. Related content how-to Doing tricks on the Linux command line Linux tricks can make even the more complicated Linux commands easier, more fun and more rewarding. By Sandra Henry-Stocker Dec 08, 2023 5 mins Linux news TSMC bets on AI chips for revival of growth in semiconductor demand Executives at the chip manufacturer are still optimistic about the revenue potential of AI, as Nvidia and its partners say new GPUs have a lead time of up to 52 weeks. By Sam Reynolds Dec 08, 2023 3 mins CPUs and Processors Technology Industry news End of road for VMware’s end-user computing and security units: Broadcom Broadcom is refocusing VMWare on creating private and hybrid cloud environments for large enterprises and divesting its non-core assets. By Sam Reynolds Dec 08, 2023 3 mins Mergers and Acquisitions Industry news analysis IBM cloud service aims to deliver secure, multicloud connectivity IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh is a multicloud networking service that includes IT discovery, security, monitoring and traffic-engineering capabilities. By Michael Cooney Dec 07, 2023 3 mins Network Security Cloud Computing Networking Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe