Flow: Top Receivers
This workspace report shows the devices receiving the most traffic traveling in the selected direction (Inbound, Outbound, Inbound and Outbound, or Bounce) on the selected interface.
By default, receiver traffic is reported in bytes and as a percentage of the top x results from the current interface for the selected time period. You can sort traffic by bytes, packets, or flows. By default the report sorts by bytes and provides a list of the top receivers by number of bytes. Sorting by packets provides information on the top receivers by number of packets, while sorting by flows provides insight into the top receivers by number of flows. These alternate sorting methods allow you to monitor and identify hosts that are the largest consumers of interface resources other than bandwidth.
- . Displays the hosts that are the top receivers on the interface.
- . Displays the number of packets received by the host during the date range.
- . Displays the number of flows received by the host during the date range.
- . Displays the bytes per second for the category.
- . Displays the percentage of the total available bandwidth used by the category.
: Usage will be 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 category.
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 devices on the LAN segment connected to the selected internal interface that are receiving the most traffic from outside devices.
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Outbound
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The outside devices that are receiving the most 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 receivers among all devices that are transmitting traffic across the selected internal interface.
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External interface
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Inbound
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The devices connected to the selected external interface that receiving the most traffic from devices on an internal LAN segment.
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Outbound
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The devices on internal LAN segments that are receiving the most traffic from devices connected to the selected external interface.
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Inbound/
Outbound
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The top receivers among all devices that are 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 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 workspace reports in WhatsUp Gold.
: Filters applied here are listed at the top of the workspace report in.
- Click to save changes.