Depending on the router you are using, you might want to enable Netflows (on
a higher end Cisco) and watch what type of traffic it is, or IPAc on Linux.
I'm sure there's equivilant protocols on the other platforms...

You might also want to throw MRTG on your Router and Switch and watch and
see what port the traffic is entering the network from.

Thanks,

Adam Debus
Linux Certified Professional, Linux Certified Administrator #447641
Network Administrator, ReachONE Internet
adam@...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wim Godden" <housing@...>
To: <isp-bgp@isp-bgp.com>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 3:36 PM
Subject: [isp-bgp] BGP using 1Mbps while doing nearly nothing ?


> Hi,
>
> We have 2 routers each connected to a different transit provider using
EBGP and to
> eachother using IBGP.
> When there's no traffic for websites on either external link, we still see
about
> 1Mbit/sec being used on both links. The number of BGP messages being sent
is only
> about 10 per second, so that couldn't possibly cause 1Mbit/sec.
> Any ideas what may be causing a traffic of 1Mbit/sec on both links, while
there's no
> content on the servers in the network ?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Wim
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