About the Flow Monitor: Top Types of Service report

This dashboard report displays the top Type of Services (ToS) based on traffic traveling in the selected direction (Inbound, Outbound, Inbound and Outbound, or Bounce) on the selected interface. ToS are used by routers to prioritize the traffic that is transmitted over a router. For instance, VoIP data may be given a higher ToS than general network use to ensure that the quality of the VoIP audio is not degraded by high network utilization.

You can choose to display and sort sender traffic by bytes, packets, or flows using the Display and sort by 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.

Note: For the purposes of this report, Flow Monitor defines ToS as the first 6 bits of a Type of Service (ToS) byte, or the Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP).

Tip: You can hover over information in the Bytes column to display popup information with average data speed as a percentage of the total interface capacity.

For more information

About interface traffic directions

Linking to Flow Monitor reports from WhatsUp Gold

Configuring this dashboard report

See Also

Interface Details dashboard reports

About the Flow Monitor: Top Sender Domains report

About the Flow Monitor: Top Sender Groups report

About the Flow Monitor: Top Sender TLD report