Top Receivers with the Most Conversation Partners

Top Receivers with the Most Conversation Partners report reveals devices receiving the most traffic from the highest number of other devices 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 statistics can helps reveal traffic patterns, load balancer effectiveness, and devices with application servers or Web sites under connection load. Also, symmetry of traffic, where many devices have many partners can indicate disruptive or peer-to-peer applications.

Receiver. Devices with the most traffic from the highest number of conversation partners on the selected interface.
Number of Partners. Number of partners with which the receiver is conducting conversations.
Packet Percentage. Percentage of top n items ranked.

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

IP Address. IP address of top receiver.
Hostname. Hostname of top receiver.

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

Choose time constraints. Choose times for the Top Receivers 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 Receivers 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. Generate a PDF file of the report with user-defined page size and orientation.
Export Data. Export Top Receivers 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 Receivers 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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