Top Senders with the Most Conversation Partners

Top Senders with the Most Conversation Partners report reveals senders with the most conversation partners for the selected interval.

A conversation is a connection between two devices that are transmitting information to one another over a single port. Conversation partner data has many uses. For example, the presence of a top sender with many conversation partners can denote activity by peer-to-peer application instances running on that host (for example, a download service).

Sender. Host name of the top sender with the most conversation partners.
Number of Partners. Number of successful connections that the sender has shared data over.
Packet Rate. Total average packet rate.
Packet Percentage. Percent of top n ranking total.

Click a column heading () to display the column selection listing . You can also include:

IP address. Top sender IP address.
Hostname. Top sender hostname.

Tip: You can hover over a host name to display popup information about the host name's IP address. If you right-click on the host-name, a filter will be created that uses the host as the filter criteria and the Interface Details dashboard will reload with this filter applied.

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Choose source. , Choose a networking device or single physical or virtual interface you want to see Top Senders with the Most Conversation Partners measurements for. Choose traffic direction across an interface.

Choose time constraints. Choose times for the Top Senders with the Most Conversation Partners.

Choose, filter, and reorder columns. Choose and hide columns, reorder columns, and apply advanced filters to customize your data view.

Chart, adjust output, and visualize. Fine tune report presentation and range of values displayed using the Report Settings dialog (optional).

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Most generated Top Senders with the Most Conversation Partners report data can be printed, shared, and exported when selecting Expand () from the Dashboard Options () menu. After the report has been expanded, select export () to access the following options:

Export to PDF. Save grid and chart views as PDF.
Export Data. Export Top Senders with the Most Conversation Partners data and leverage outside of WhatsUp Gold.
Schedule Export. Set a recurring date and time, format, and email destination for report data export.

Control	Description
Device.	Browse and choose a networking device that is a Network Traffic Analysis monitoring source.
Network Interface.	Choose a single physical or virtual interface Network Traffic Analysis you want traffic statistics for. Choose direction of traffic over the network interface (Inbound, Outbound, Inbound and Outbound, or Bounce for invalid traffic.).

Control	Purpose
Date Range	Choose or define an overall date range.
Business hours	Focus on specific days of the week and periods within each day. Reveal trends that are sensitive to business hours, time zones, and other periodic attributes in the observed data.

Control	Purpose
Columns.	Click a check box to display the column. Clear the check box to hide it.
Move Column.	Click on a column heading and drag it to reorder your table's columns.
Advanced Filtering.	Apply category, pattern, and keyword filtering to column data.

Control	Purpose
Show Top n Items	Limit items to the samples with the highest values.
Sort by Field	Select a column to sort by (if applicable).

Control	Purpose
View Options	Select/clear the checkboxes to display/hide Totals. Display totals for each column. Others. Remainder values that do not make the top n. Chart. Display the selected Chart Type. Legend. Include legend and grid lines for readability. Trend Lines. Present data a smoothed average to show trend.
Chart Type	Select a chart type and associated options: Pie. Pie distribution chart. Line/Area. Scatter graph that connects adjacent measurements with straight lines. Spline/Area Spline. Choose a graph with a smoothed appearance where adjacent samples exhibit a gradual slope. Vertical Bar/Horizontal Bar. Vertical or horizontal bar chart/histogram.
Y-Axis Scale	Scale Y-axis (chart and graph height) automatically or choose a fixed size.

Top Senders with the Most Conversation Partners

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Choose time constraints for data view

Filter and pick by column

Specify threshold and top n:

Chart and view options

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