Wide Area Network Monitoring using Java and the Web

Abstract

This paper describes the architecture and implementation experiences of a project to collect Wide Area Network (WAN) traffic statistics and make them available in a rich GUI environment based around WWW and Java.

The main topics discussed are:

establishing the need for collecting detailed statistics on WAN traffic
how raw data is gathered and transported to a central repository
how data is summarised and presented using the WWW and Java
the advantages of presenting information using the WWW and Java compared with alternatives

Keywords

WorldWideWeb, Java, network monitoring, WAN

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