On Dec 13, 2010, at 8:20 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:

> I there a way that I can easily monitor my network traffic on my home LAN 
> preferably without using the terminal? with a 3rd party software?

Probably not.  If the LAN is via a switch (which includes the one built into 
routers) then you can only see traffic to your machine and broadcast traffic.  
Regular traffic (the packets requesting a web page and the response back from 
the server for example) go only between the router and the machine making the 
request.  

Older 10BaseT-only wiring tended to use hubs which sent all packets out to all 
ports.  With a hub it was possible to monitor all the traffic.

There are some tools to monitor wireless traffic but I'm not familiar with 
those.

Higher end switches allow you to do some monitoring but that's not available in 
typical SOHO equipment.

Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting

"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"

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