Monitoring network traffic on LAN using VC++

[tony_Udz]

Hi, I want to monitor network traffic of LAN. Basically, my current application is continously transferring data from one computer to another on LAN. Currently i have fixed the tranfer rate i.e. in my application i have mentioned tranfer rate of 32 KB. Now i am planning to optimize my application by changing tranfer rate dynamically. That is, i'll calculate bandwidth of LAN and depending upon the availability i'll send data. Please help Thanks in Advance!! Regards, Tony

[SandipG]

Check here[^]and here[^] I hope it helps. I got these using CP search ,there are few more.

Regards, Sandip.

[tony_Udz]

Thanks for the help but these articles explains about monitoring bandwidth of internet whereas i want for LAN. Also i tried googling for this topic but was not successful enough.

[Mark Salsbery]

What do you mean by "calculate bandwidth of LAN"? Available bandwidth is always changing.

Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

[tony_Udz]

Yeah thats what Bandwidth is always changing. So i need to know the Bandwidth of a LAN everytime i send data.

[Mark Salsbery]

You'd need to add something to your protocol so one or both endpoints monitor throughput and adjust accordingly. You have the data you need - time and number of bytes sent/received. Maybe look up "network bandwidth throttling" for algorithms to interpret that data. Mark

Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java: