Traffic Monitoring Report
Purpose
Monitor network traffic by reviewing reports of flow sessions over the past 24 hours. You can analyze logging data for connection statistics and session usage by a transport protocol.
Action
To view network traffic in the past 24 hours, select Monitor>Reports>Traffic in the J-Web user interface. See Table 1 for a description of the report.
Table 1: Traffic Report Output
Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Sessions in Past 24 Hours per Protocol | |
Protocol Name | Name of the protocol. To see hourly activity by protocol, click the protocol name and review the “Protocol activities chart” in the lower pane.
|
Total Session | Total number of sessions for the protocol in the past 24 hours. |
Bytes In (KB) | Total number of incoming bytes in KB. |
Bytes Out (KB) | Total number of outgoing bytes in KB. |
Packets In | Total number of incoming packets. |
Packets Out | Total number of outgoing packets. |
| Most Recently Closed Sessions | |
Source IP/Port | Source IP address (and port number, if applicable) of the closed session. |
Destination IP/Port | Destination IP address (and port number, if applicable) of the closed session. |
Protocol | Protocol of the closed session.
|
Bytes In (KB) | Total number of incoming bytes in KB. |
Bytes Out (KB) | Total number of outgoing bytes in KB. |
Packets In | Total number of incoming packets. |
Packets Out | Total number of outgoing packets. |
Timestamp | The time the session was closed. |
| Protocol Activities Chart | |
Bytes In/Out | Graphic representation of traffic as incoming and outgoing bytes per hour. The byte count is for the protocol selected in the Sessions in Past 24 Hours per Protocol pane. Changing the selection causes this chart to refresh immediately. |
Packets In/Out | Graphic representation of traffic as incoming and outgoing packets per hour. The packet count is for the protocol selected in the Sessions in Past 24 Hours per Protocol pane. Changing the selection causes this chart to refresh immediately. |
Sessions | Graphic representation of traffic as the number of sessions per hour. The session count is for the protocol selected in the Sessions in Past 24 Hours per Protocol pane. Changing the selection causes this chart to refresh immediately. |
X Axis | One hour per column for 24 hours. |
Y Axis | Byte, packet, or session count. |
| Protocol Session Chart | |
Sessions by Protocol | Graphic representation of the traffic as the current session count per protocol. The protocols displayed are TCP, UDP, and ICMP. |
