We used to have such a problem before. When we activated traffic shaping on our PFSense router/firewall, we practically controlled it. Most of the time, its streaming that consumes bandwidth (provided that we are talking about legal traffic). But then again, bots/malware contribute to skyrocketing bandwidth consumption.
On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Kari Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Totally has nothing to do w/ linux ... but you guys strike me as the types > who might know about this. > > I have a school that has called me b/c their tech guy cannot figure out > what's wrong w/ their network. They have a T line (I think T1, but not sure > about that), but when 20 kids are all on the internet, they have slowness, > or pages don't load, or other similar problems. Right now, this is so bad, > they cannot teach anything that involves the internet. This prob is abt 3 > weeks old. They claim no change to hardware or software around the time the > problems began. I found a bad DNS entry, but that fix didn't really help. > > Long story short, I suspect there is a hardware problem somewhere -- but > pinning it down looks like a formidable job. This place is an explosion of > ethernet cables, a million hubs, and a ton of old computers that have been > donated. > > So my question: Is there any piece of software that any of you are aware of > that will analyze the network? It'd be nice if I could pin the TCPIP errors > to a specific IP address, though I know that's probably not a possibility. > > Thanks for your help. > > ~kari > > > > -- Part-time SysAd, full-time Dad, part-time netNinja CNS, ACFE, FOSS Advocate and Consultant Registered Linux User #400165 http://baudizm.blogsome.com http://linuxblazon.wordpress.com http://3x-comic.blogspot.com (NEW!) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
