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How Can I Monitor My Network?
The first step in getting started with your network monitoring is to identify which devices need to be monitored. You’ll also want to decide on what performance metrics you’ll be measuring.
Here are some baseline metrics you’ll want to monitor:
Bandwidth usage: You’ll want your network to be sending as much data as it can without being overloaded. Your network monitoring tool can identify how much bandwidth is typically used versus how much is currently being used.
Throughput: This measures the percentage of data packets that are actually being sent.
Latency: This is the time it takes between requesting data and receiving that data. Performance issues can be almost too small to recognize, so it’s important to have a monitoring tool in place.
Packet loss: This is the number of data packets that are lost during data transmissions.
Retransmission: This is a measure of how often data packets are lost and need to be retransmitted to complete a request for data.
Network availability/Uptime: This lets you know if your network is currently available. Your network monitoring tools can alert you when the network goes down, and how often.