On 19/08/04 03:17 PM, Jack Malone
Can somone tell what I need to have installed on suse linux machine so that I can maybe monitor an analize some of the traffic on my network. I'm wanting to see if I can determine what is causing so much traffic on the lan at times that it makes things crawl.
Many; tcpdump, ethereal, ntop; nmap can be useful for scanning a network and finding out whats doing what. The list kind of goes on and on, and not all of them are exactly easy to use though.
I know there is some software on the dvd/cd to do this just not sure what it is. If know what it is I do not mind going an reading the man pages to see if i can get it going or a good how-to on the subject either.
On yast2's installation screen you can select to display by package groups, productivity / networking / diagnostic should give you what you need.
A good recommendation on a good firewall book / howto would be nice to have also.
IP-Tables howto for linux firewalls, but not exactly fun unless your into routing tables and redirects. There are a number of specialist distros such as Smoothwall or Astario that have good documentation. Best, Ben