Flow Monitor: Top Sender Groups
This workspace report shows the sender groups generating the most traffic traveling in the selected direction (Inbound, Outbound, Inbound and Outbound, or Bounce) on the selected interface. Sending Group data is useful in determining which groups on the network are using the most bandwidth by sending the most information.
Groups are user defined sets of hosts that allow customized reporting and are configured via the Flow Groups dialog. You can access this dialog from anywhere in the web interface by selecting . When the GO menu appears, on the section of the menu, select .
- . The group name, used to represent a user defined set of hosts.
- . Displays the bytes per second for the report category.
- . Displays the percentage of the total available bandwidth used by the report category.
: Usage is displayed as N/A if a speed is not specified for the interface. You can set this speed on the Flow Interface dialog. To navigate to the Flow Interface dialog, right-click on the interface on which you want to set the speed, then click .
. Displays the percentage ranking of the item within the top "n" items of the report category.
: 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 groups used by devices on the LAN segment connected to the selected internal interface to communicate with outside devices.
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Outbound
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The top groups used by outside devices to communicate with devices on the LAN segment connected to the selected internal interface.
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Inbound/
Outbound
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The top groups used by all devices transmitting traffic across the selected internal interface.
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External interface
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Inbound
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The top groups used by devices connected to the selected external interface to communicate with devices on an internal LAN segment.
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Outbound
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The top groups used by devices on internal LAN segments to communicate with devices connected to the selected external interface.
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Inbound/
Outbound
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The top groups 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 workspace report.
- Click the interface name at the top of the workspace report to view the Flow Monitor Interface Details report for the selected interface.
- Click an entry in the far left column of the workspace 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 workspace report
- In the title bar of the workspace report pane, select . The Configure Report dialog appears.
- Enter or select the appropriate information in the following fields.
- . Enter a title for the workspace report. This name appears in the title bar of the workspace 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 records you would like displayed in the workspace report.
- . Select the type of data you would like displayed within the workspace report (Chart and data, Data only, Chart only).
- . Select the type of chart you would like the report to display.
- . Specify how wide, in pixels, the graph or chart should appear.
- . Specify how tall, in pixels, the graph or chart should appear.
- Click to save changes.