Monitor Bandwidth Usage With BrowseReporter
BrowseReporter’s internet bandwidth monitor is a valuable tool for detecting inappropriate internet usage in the workplace and diagnosing network latency issues.
Use BrowseReporter’s bandwidth monitor to check bandwidth usage for trends that indicate the misuse of technology in the workplace and suspicious network activity.
Streaming a 4K Ultra HD Netflix video consumes 7GB of data per hour. Employees that misuse the internet in their workplace aren’t only harming their own productivity, they also strain the available bandwidth and make network speeds slower for their coworkers.
- Reduce latency by monitoring your network for users and computers that are abusing the available bandwidth.
- Collect the data needed to determine whether upgrades are truly necessary or if slow internet speeds are caused by the misuse of technology.
- Detect unexpected bandwidth spikes caused by dangerous P2P file sharing programs and malicious software.
Why monitor bandwidth usage?
Bandwidth usage monitoring is critical for diagnosing network latency, identifying employees that are hogging the available bandwidth, and determining whether or not costly network upgrades are necessary.
Problems Caused by Bandwidth Abuse:
- Lost VoIP/video conferencing connections.
- Lost productivity from high network latency.
- Limitations to business processes due to reduced reliability of internet connectivity.
- Network crashes from excessive overloading.
The most common bandwidth hogs are video and music streaming services as well as large file transfers through torrenting, cloud services, and emails. The best way to determine what is causing excessive bandwidth consumption is by monitoring bandwidth consumption of the users, websites, and devices on your network.
How to check bandwidth usage
You can check bandwidth usage with BrowseReporter’s bandwidth monitor. With the CurrentWare client installed on each endpoint network administrators can easily check bandwidth usage for each user, device, and workgroup in the organization.
Bandwidth Monitoring With BrowseReporter:
- By User: Track the amount of bandwidth sent and received by each user to identify employees that are consistently abusing the available bandwidth.
- By Computer: BrowseReporter allows you to check bandwidth usage per computer, allowing you to identify computers that may be infected with viruses.
- By Group: Users can be sorted into groups such as departments, workgroups, and other organizational units. CurrentWare supports Active Directory for easy group management.
The reports from BrowseReporter’s bandwidth monitor provide insights into both the upstream and downstream data usage within the network. Reports generated will indicate data consumption from specific websites, providing the insights needed for discovering which commonly abused websites can be blocked to improve internet speeds.
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BrowseReporter Employee and Computer Monitoring Features
Internet Monitoring
Track detailed user web browsing activities on their computers
Web Activity Reports
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Track employee computer usage on Windows applications
Idle Time Tracking
Track mouse and keyboard movement to monitor inactivity
Bandwidth Tracking
Find users that are hogging the network's bandwidth
Tracking Scheduler
Only track URLs during specific time and days
Screenshot Monitoring
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Email Reports
Automatically email reports of employee web usage to managers
URL Category Tracking
Understand where your users are surfing by tagging a URL category to every web page
Email Alerts
Send email alerts to authorities when user browsing has exceeded company web policies
End-User Reports
Provide your employees with on-demand access to their own user activity data
Stealth Mode
The software can run silently in the background or be configured to alert users
Central Web Console
Access the administrative console from a web browser on any computer in your network
Remote Client Install
Easily deploy the CurrentWare Client remotely to all of your computers
Offsite Management
Extend onsite Internet usage policies to laptops running outside the corporate network
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