Grouping Traffic
NTA IP Groups enable you to divide monitored traffic into organized chunks that align better with site policies, divisions, departments, stakeholders, or other reasons for grouping.
Examples where it is useful to divide and organize traffic into groups can include:
- Domain name.
- Top level domain (.com, .org, .edu, .de, and so on).
- By country.
- A single or custom range of IP addresses.
Tip: After you configure a group, you can use that group's name to filter reports to show only the traffic sent to or received by devices that belong to the group.
To create or edit an IP group:
- Open the NTA Applications Library (SETTINGS menu > Network Traffic Analysis > NTA IP Groups).
The IP Groups Library displays.
- Click 'add' (
). The IP Group Settings dialog displays.—or—
- Select a group, then click 'edit' (
). The IP Group dialog appears.
- Click 'add' (
- Enter or select the appropriate information:
- Group. Enter a name for the NTA IP group.
- IP Range Start. Enter the first IP address for the NTA IP group range.
- IP Range End. Enter the last IP address for the NTA IP group range.
- Domain. Enter the domain that you want Network Traffic Analysis to report for the specified IP addresses. For example,
yourcompany.com. - Top Level Domain. Select the domain that you want Network Traffic Analysis to report for the specified IP addresses. For example,
com. - Country. Select the country that you want Network Traffic Analysis to report for the specified IP addresses.
- Click OK to save changes.
- View group data. —After a few minutes, check for the latest groups report. For example, check for IP grouped traffic data in one of the following: