bandwidth hog

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We have a department Windows 2000 stand alone server.
Just recently it's been slow in transferring files over the network. The
Local Area Connection icon in the system tray is on almost continuously.


I can see the sessions and open files via the Computer Management console
but that isn't a whole lot of help.

Without using a network sniffer, is there any way I can find out who is
eating up all the bandwidth?

Thank you
Jeff
 
Hi J-L-W,

Your firewall should be tracking the data that is flowing into your
network. Depending on the type of firewall though, I don't know how
sophisticated the data will be. I know that Checkpoint will tell you
which sites they are going to, and the bandwidth utilization. Hope
this helps!
 
Thank you for the reply.
This server isn't accessible outside of the local LAN so I don't have a
firewall I can refer to. The only thing I have to go by it degraded network
performance and the little icon in the tray being "on" most of the time. I
guess 2000 server doesn't have a utility that would give me a general idea on
who is keeping the computer so busy?
Jeff
 
J-L-W said:
Thank you for the reply.
This server isn't accessible outside of the local LAN so I don't have a
firewall I can refer to. The only thing I have to go by it degraded network
performance and the little icon in the tray being "on" most of the time. I
guess 2000 server doesn't have a utility that would give me a general idea on
who is keeping the computer so busy?
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No it doesn't. There is a utility called TCPView that will tell which
executable is active and what port it is using, but that still isn't going
to help since there may be a hundred such things on your machine and their
isn't anything that would specifiy the "guilty" one.

Most likely it is Spyware or a Virus,...if it isn't those two, then it
probably is doing exactly what it is supposed to do and you should leave it
alone.
 
Hey J-L-W.

I have a friend who is a big Win2k Guru. I will ask him and let you
know asap.

Thanks,
Duy
 
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