Use the Usage Reports page to view the top 25 websites that have been most frequently visited, the top 25 users of Internet bandwidth by IP address, and the top 25 services and applications that consume the most bandwidth.
1. In the Data Collection area, enter the following information:
• Enable Bandwidth Usage Report by IP Address: Check this box to enable the bandwidth usage report sorted by the top 25 IP addresses that consume the most bandwidth.
• Enable Bandwidth Usage Report by Internet Service: Check this box to enable the bandwidth usage report sorted by the top 25 services and applications that consume the most bandwidth.
• Enable Website Visits Report: Check this box to enable the website visits report sorted by the top 25 URLs that have been most frequently visited.
2. Click Save to save your settings.
3. In the Statistics Report area, choose the desired report from the Type drop-down list to view.
• Bandwidth Usage by IP Address: This report displays the IP address of the top 25 users who consume the most bandwidth and the sum of bytes received and transmitted per IP address.
• Bandwidth Usage by Internet Service: This report displays the following information for the top 25 services and applications that consume the most bandwidth:
– Application: The name for an known service or application or the port number for an unknown service or application. For example, if SMTP (6, 25) is displayed, SMTP is the service name, 6 is the protocol number, and 25 is the port number of the service.
– Sessions: The total number of sessions for the service or application.
– Total Bandwidth (TX/RX): The total number of bytes received and transmitted by the service or application during the period.
– Average Bandwidth (TX/RX): The average number of bytes received and transmitted per second.
This report is helpful to determine whether the services and applications being used are appropriate for your organization. You can block the services and applications that are consuming a large portion of available bandwidth. For information on blocking the applications, see Configuring Application Control, page 243.
• Website Visits: This report displays the URLs of the top 25 websites that have been most frequently visited and the number of hits to each website.
This report only monitors the website visits through the HTTP port specified in the advanced settings of either Firewall Content Filtering or Web URL Filtering. You can block the websites if inappropriate websites appear in this report. For information on blocking the websites, see Configuring Content Filtering to Control Internet Access, page 215, or Configuring Web URL Filtering, page 261.
4. Click Refresh to update the data on the screen, or click Reset to reset the values to zero.
• Statistics Start Time: Displays the time that the report starts collecting the data.
NOTE: When a report is enabled or disabled or if you click Reset, the sample period for the report is reset.
• Last Refresh Time: Displays the time of your last refresh operation.