Flow Monitor: Top Receiver Domains
This dashboard report displays the top domains to which traffic is routed over the selected interface in the selected direction (Incoming, Outgoing, Ingoing and Outgoing, or Bounce). The traffic displayed for each domain is the sum of the traffic received by each device on that domain.
: The domains listed in this dashboard report are obtained from the last two parts of a host name.
Domain data is useful in determining where the persons on a network are spending the most time. If you see a domain that isn't network-friendly, you can drill down by adding a filter for the device visiting the suspect domain.
You can choose to display and sort sender traffic by bytes, packets, or flows using the option on the report configuration dialog. Providing alternate sorting methods allows you to monitor and identify hosts that are the largest consumers of interface resources other than bandwidth.
- . Displays the top receiver domain.
: You can hover over information in the column to display popup information with average data speed as a percentage of the total interface capacity.
For more information
About interface traffic directions
: For illustration purposes, the descriptions and diagrams in the table below assume that traffic is passing from an internal interface to an external interface or vice versa. In reality, traffic may pass from an internal interface to another internal interface, an external interface to another external interface, or traffic may be routed out the same interface it enters.
Interface
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Traffic Direction
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Report displays...
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Internal interface
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Inbound
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The top domains used by devices on the LAN segment connected to the selected internal interface that are receiving traffic from outside devices.
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Outbound
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The top domains used by outside devices that are receiving traffic from devices on the LAN segment connected to the selected internal interface.
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Inbound/
Outbound
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The top domains used by all devices transferring traffic across the selected internal interface.
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External interface
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Inbound
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The top domains used by devices connected to the selected external interface that are receiving traffic from devices on an internal LAN segment.
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Outbound
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The top domains used by devices on internal LAN segments that are receiving traffic from devices connected to the selected external interface.
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Inbound/
Outbound
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The top domains used by all devices transmitting traffic across the selected external interface.
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Linking to Flow Monitor reports from WhatsUp Gold
There are several ways to connect to the Flow Monitor Interface Details report from this WhatsUp Gold dashboard report.
- Click the interface name at the top of the dashboard report to view the Flow Monitor Interface Details report for the selected interface.
- Click an entry in the far left column of the dashboard report to view the Interface Details report for the selected interface. The entry that you click will be applied to the report as a keyword filter.
Configuring this dashboard report
- In the title bar of the dashboard report pane, select . The Configure Report dialog appears.
- Enter or select the appropriate information:
- . Enter a title for the dashboard report. This name appears in the title bar of the dashboard report's pane.
- . Select the timeframe for the traffic about which you want to see a report. You can select either the last 5, 15, or 30 minutes, or the last hour.
- . Select the router interface that is used by the traffic you want to see in this report.
- . Select a direction for which the report will display data for the selected interface (In, Out, or Both).
- . Enter the number of individual items within the category you want to display in the dashboard report. The report displays the top values based on the sort option selected in Bytes, Packets, or Flows. All other items in the category are included in the 'Others' category, and are displayed when is selected.
- . Select the display type you want to use in the dashboard report. Choose Chart and data, Data only, or Chart only.
- . Select the type of chart you would like the report to display. Choose Pie chart, Pie chart (3D), Pie chart (transparent 3D), Bar chart, Bar chart (horizontal), Bar chart (transparent 3D), or Stacked Time graph.
- . Specify how wide, in pixels, the graph or chart should appear.
- . Specify how tall, in pixels, the graph or chart should appear.
- . Click this button to apply a filter by which report data will sort. After clicking, filter fields appear below the button.
Select the type of filter you want to apply. If appropriate, select a secondary filter type from the second filter field. For more information on filters, see Filtering Flow Monitor dashboard reports in WhatsUp Gold.
: Filters applied here are listed at the top of the dashboard report in.
- Click to save changes.