Flow Monitor: Top Senders
This workspace report shows the devices generating the most traffic traveling in the selected direction (Inbound, Outbound, Inbound and Outbound, or Bounce) on the selected interface.
By default, sender 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 senders by number of bytes. Sorting by packets provides information on the top senders by number of packets, while sorting by flows provides insight into the top senders 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.
: You can hover over a host name to display popup information about the host name's IP address.
: 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 senders among devices on the LAN segment connected to the selected internal interface that are communicating with outside devices.
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Outbound
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The top senders among outside devices that are communicating with devices on the LAN segment connected to the selected internal interface.
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Inbound/ Outbound
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The top senders 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 top senders among devices connected to the selected external interface that are communicating with devices on an internal LAN segment.
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Outbound
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The top senders among devices on internal LAN segments that are communicating with devices connected to the selected external interface.
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Inbound/ Outbound
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The top senders 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.