How to monitor internet connection for interruptions - for Mac OS X. Is the only problem basically asking for a 'Tool for monitoring internet connection' instead of saying 'How to monitor internet connection for interruptions? – Xen2050 Apr 6 '16 at 14:52.
While some firewalls and proxy servers include reporting capabilities, most are not up to the job. These systems were designed to block or control access and reporting was just added on at a later date. They are meant to provide server administrators with data about the behaviour of the server, not what users are doing on the Internet.
Some vendors are pitching flow type (NetFlow, IPFIX, etc) tools to address the problem. The idea is that you get flow records from the edge of your network so you can see what IP address is connecting to what. However, as with server logs,. The main reason for this is that it does not look at HTTP headers where a lot of the important information is stored. Why track Internet activity?. Root out the source of Ransomware and other security threats.
Track it down to specific users, IP addresses or MAC addresses. Maintain logs so that you can respond to third party requests. Finding the source of Bittorrent use would be a common requirement on open networks. Find out why your Internet connection is slow.
Employees watching HD movies is a frequent cause. Out-of-band network forensics for troubleshooting or identifying odd network traffic. Customer Use Case End user is a very large airport in EMEA. Basic requirements and use case is tracking web activity, keeping a historical record of it for a period of one year, and because most of the users are just passing through (thousands of wireless users every hour!) the only way to uniquely identify each user or device is by MAC address. Luckily for us, because the LANGuardian HTTP decoder captures and analyses off a SPAN or mirror port it can easily track proxy or non-proxy traffic by IP or MAC address.
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The customer can also drill down to URI level when they need to investigate an incident. For them LANGuardian is an ideal solution for tracking BYOD activity as there are no modifications to the network and no agents, clients or logs required.