Installing and Configuring Agents. Installing WinPCap Driver

The remote agent is a Windows service application to be installed on remote computers that allows you to receive traffic values from network interfaces of these PCs using the client server mechanism (via the TCP protocol) . This allows you to monitor network bandwidth and traffic usage.

The agent can help you when the SNMP or WMI sensors cannot be used for some reason on your network. Moreover, if you want to monitor bandwidth by protocols or to distinct the Internet and local traffic consumption on your network, the agent service used together with the WinPcap sniffing driver will be the only solution for this case.

The agent can be installed manually and automatically via Windows Group Policy.

Manual Agent Installation

To install a remote agent on a remote computer, please perform the following steps:

1. Copy the agent installation package bandwidth-monitor-agent.msi file from the folder <disk>:\Program Files\10-Strike Bandwidth Monitor\Agent\ to the remote computer or copy the file to a public share.
2. Run the installation file bandwidth-monitor-agent.msi on the remote computer. Please wait until the installation process finishes.
3. Add the agent service executable file <disk>:\Program Files\10-Strike Bandwidth Monitor Agent\BMAgent.exe to the list of exceptions in the Windows Firewall.

To configure the remote agent, run the agent configuration utility. The utility is installed together with the agent service (into the same program folder). You can start the agent configuration utility using the Start menu: Start | Programs | 10-Strike Bandwidth Monitor Agent | Configure 10-Strike Bandwidth Monitor Agent.

To apply the configuration changes, you need to restart the agent service 10-Strike Bandwidth Monitor Agent Service (the service name is Svc10StrikeBMAgent).

The bandwidth-monitor-agent.msi file can be installed silently in the background mode. To do this, start the file with the /quiet key. You can learn more about other keys by starting the .msi package with the /? key.

Installing WinPcap

For the successful distinct protocol and Internet traffic monitoring using the "Packet sniffing" type of sensor, you need to install the WinPcap network sniffing driver on that machine where you have installed the bandwidth monitoring agent service on the previous step. The WinPcap driver installation file WinPcap_x_x_x.exe will be started automatically when you install the agent. Follow the instructions displayed on the screen. The latest WinPcap version is always available for download here: http://www.winpcap.org/install/.

If a computer already has the WinPcap driver installed, you can cancel the WinPcap installation procedure.

Automatic Agent Installation

The agent package can be installed remotely on domain computers using the Group Policy. Using this method, you can save your time because you do not have to copy the agent installation package on each PC and run it. Learn more about the remote agent deployment: Installing remote agents on domain computers via Group Policy.

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