[SATLUG] monitoring network

[Sean Carolan]

> How can I monitor clients on my network that are streaming audio? They are
> gated through a FC6/iptables/NAT/proxy box. I've looked at netstat and
> iptstate, but I'm not sure what I'm looking for. I don't want to cut these
> users off (they're professional staff) but I want to see who's hogging the
> most bandwidth and maybe quietly squeeze them a bit.

Use ntop, it's great for this sort of thing.  You can even find live
CDs that have it included.  You'll need a network tap or switch that
has a listening port on it.  If anyone's downloading
audio/video/bittorrent or whatever you'll see it immediately.

Then you can put the QoS hurt on  :P