[Kurt] likes to know what’s going on with his network. He already uses bandwidth checking software on his DD-WRT capable router, but he wanted a second opinion. So he built his own network monitor.

Joining a slew of management vendors, AdventNet last week announced it would launch a NetFlow-based bandwidth-monitoring tool to help network administrators identify application traffic on their nets ...

I have a 1700 series Cisco router and a 512K bit/sec leased line. About 50 users are accessing the Internet through that router, and I want to monitor my bandwidth consumption through the router. Is ...

From device discovery to visibility into systems, networks, and traffic flows, these free open source monitoring tools have you covered In the real estate world, the mantra is location, location, ...

Hey all, I've got a problem that my google-fu hasn't helped me out on (to many "call us for info on our enterprise product" results). I'm thinking that the Ars networking community probably knows of ...

For organizations in 2022, the majority of their business processes are conducted online. Valuable digital assets are also stored in network systems, making the smooth operation of their internal ...

High performance computing (HPC) requires an extremely high-powered network with ultra-low latency to move large files between HPC nodes quickly. IT and network operations (NetOps) teams in industries ...

K–12 schools depend on a functioning and performing IT infrastructure. In addition to the classic uses of IT, other areas of educational technology are becoming increasingly important at a rapid pace.

Every now and then I'll notice that my internet access is slow. I live in a rural area and I'm happy to have DSL at all but my ISP service is 3mbs down 1mbs up. So it doesn't take much to make a ...

The past two years has put new emphasis on how important an internet connection is to our daily lives. At the same time, some of us have never experienced such slowdowns and erratic performance as in ...