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SmartMonitor
User's Guide
Version: 1.0
Date: 2009/01/12

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  • Page 1 SmartMonitor User’s Guide Version: 1.0 Date: 2009/01/12...

  • Page 2: Copyright Information

    Web registration is preferred. You can register your Vigor router via Owner http://www.draytek.com. Firmware & Tools Due to the continuous evolution of DrayTek technology, all routers will be regularly Updates upgraded. Please consult the DrayTek web site for more information on newest firmware, tools and documents.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    1.2 System Requirements......................1 1.3 Topology ..........................2 1.4 Installation ..........................3 Basic Operation....................14 2.1 Activating SmartMonitor ......................14 2.2 Enter Web User Interface...................... 14 2.3 Anonymous Logging......................17 2.4 Group/Department Operation ....................17 2.5 User List Operation ....................... 18 2.6 Create/Modify Admin Account....................
  • Page 4 4.1.1 Reducing Web Page Visiting of Non-Work Usage ............52 4.1.2 Reducing IM Application of Non-Work Usage ..............53 4.1.3 Best Configuration for Other Network Service ............... 54 4.2 Leading in Self-Managing for Creating High Efficiency Office Environment......54 SmartMonitor User’s Guide...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    SmartMonitor, a verification software for network information, can capture, filter and analyze network information for different purposes by integrating with Vigor series router. With SmartMonitor, the administrator can adopt the content that user cares and restore the data to readability information and produce various reports for reference.

  • Page 6: Topology

    Microsoft IIS, or change the port number for Microsoft outside 80. Connect a PC with Smart Monitor installed to the mirror port of the device (such as VigorPro 5510, Vigor2950, and etc.) to capture monitored information. SmartMonitor Series User’s Guide...

  • Page 7: Installation

    Please follow the steps below to install SmartMonitor to the host (served as the database of SmartMonitor). 1. Insert the application software CD of SmartMonitor into the CD-ROM diskette. 2. Click the icon of SmartMonitor_Install_2.0.0. The Setup Wizard will appear as follows.
  • Page 8 5. The setup wizard shows the destination location that you just specify. If there is no problem, simply click Install to carry outs the installation. SmartMonitor Series User’s Guide...
  • Page 9 6. A pop-up dialog will appear to inform you PHP is required for SmartMonitor. Simply click Yes. 7. Next, anther pop-up dialog will appear to inform you Apache is required for SmartMonitor. Please click Yes. 8. Then, the following dialog will appear to inform you Wpcap is required for SmartMonitor.
  • Page 10 Click OK. 11. Another Installation Wizard for Apache will appear as follows. Please click Next to carry out the installation. If it is not necessary for you to install Apache, please go to step 20 directly. SmartMonitor Series User’s Guide...
  • Page 11 12. On the following screen, choose “I accept the …..” and click Next. 13. In the following screen, click Next. 14. Type all the required information and click Next. SmartMonitor User’s Guide...
  • Page 12 15. Select Typical and click Next. 16. Specify the destination folder. You can click Change. to specify another folder for installing Apache. Then, click Next. 17. On the following screen, click Install. SmartMonitor Series User’s Guide...
  • Page 13 19. When the following screen appears, simply click Finish. 20. Next, Setup wizard will guide you to install Wpcap. Click OK to proceed. If it is not necessary for you to install Wpcap, please go to step 26 directly. SmartMonitor User’s Guide...
  • Page 14 21. When the following screen appears, please click Next to proceed. 22. On the following screen, please click Next again. 23. On this page, just click I Agree. SmartMonitor Series User’s Guide...
  • Page 15 24. The setup wizard starts to install WinPcap into your host. Please wait for a while. 25. When the following page appears, the installation has been completed. Click Finish. 26. Next, Setup wizard will display the following screen. Click Next to proceed. SmartMonitor User’s Guide...
  • Page 16 28. Now, the following dialog appears to inform you that you are going to login SmartMonitor home page with default username/password of admin/admin. Please click 29. Before you start to use SmartMonitor, please click Finish first to exit the SmartMonitor setup wizard.
  • Page 17 If the IP address has be configured correctly, all PCs on LAN can use IE browser to visit Smart Monitor easily. If network connection is not processed correctly or the IP address is not set properly, a searching screen might appear as the following figure: SmartMonitor User’s Guide...

  • Page 18: Basic Operation

    After finishing the software installation, please open Start>>Programs>>SmartMonitor>>SmartMonitor to activating the application. When SmartMonitor is activated, you can find the icon located on right bottom of the desktop that indicates SmartMonitor is on working now. To specify which PC should be monitored, please open Start>>Programs>>SmartMonitor>>Website to access into the configuration web page.
  • Page 19 Next, type the username and password. The default values for user name and password are “admin” and “admin”. Click Login to access into the configuration web pag. Below shows the home page of SmartMonitor. It can be divided into several sections. SmartMonitor User’s Guide...
  • Page 20 10 seconds, 30 seconds or 60 seconds according to the settings that you choose. If you choose Manual Refresh, you have to press the Refresh icon to renew the table by yourself. SmartMonitor Series User’s Guide...

  • Page 21: Anonymous Logging

    Please follow the steps listed below to create a new one. 1. Click the Group/Department link from the Create Group/Department to manager users located in Quick Start area, or open User Settings>>Group/Department. 2. Click the New icon. The following screen will appear. SmartMonitor User’s Guide...

  • Page 22: User List Operation

    5. Click Save. Below shows a figure of new group added. To utilize SmartMonitor for monitoring, the first thing you have to do is “create a user name”. Such user account can be grouped under any group/department specified later and be monitored by SmartMonitor.
  • Page 23 “important”. LAN-to-LAN Allow Local LAN PC communication to be monitored by SmartMonitor if such data is forwarded by monitor port. Delete Delete this selected IP. 3. Type in username separately by mapping with each IP address.

  • Page 24: Create/Modify Admin Account

    It is not safe to use the default user name and password. It is strongly suggested to modify user name and password after registering SmartMonitor. Additionally, an admin account can only login one PC at a time. Therefore, please create different accounts and passwords for different administrators.
  • Page 25 Next, type the password again in confirm Password. Type the E-Mail address in E-Mail field. Such address will be used to receivie the alert messages, reports files sent from SmartMonitor. Language field is very important for it determines the language system display for SmartMonitor when administrators log in.

  • Page 26: Adjust System Settings

    Admin Name, then modify the password field and save it. Please follow the steps listed below to modify current system settings for SmartMonitor. The default settings will be shown on such page. You can change settings for SMTP, modify the recording type, or adjust the disk space and session timeout, etc.

  • Page 27: Advanced Operation

    This chapter introduces all the functions and configurations in SmartMonitor in detailed. Such menu allows you to set password/name for logging into SmartMonitor, set privilege for having different authorities, backup or restoring the configuration, set event log, and etc. The name and password configured here will be utilized while logging into SmartMonitor every time.
  • Page 28 Choose any one of them for recording the monitored results. Privilege: Please assign the privilege for the new admin account. There are three privilege provided by SmartMonitor and each account will have different monitoring effect based on the privilege specified here.

  • Page 29: Privilege

    In the above example, “admin” owns the highest privilege – Administrator. That means the one accessing into SmartMonitor with such name can view and delete all of the records for different user accounts that controlled and monitored by SmartMonitor. “Admin” is the default setting and cannot be deleted.
  • Page 30 Only the records of the items checked here can be inspected next time when you access into SmartMonitor by using the admin account with such privilege. Delete Access: Check the one(s) and uncheck the one(s) you desire for deleting records under the selected privilege type.

  • Page 31: Setting

    Administration: When free diskspace below – A warning message will be shown on the firstpage of SmartMonitor and/or be sent to the dedicated e-mail address from SmartMonitor when the free disk space is lower than the number specified here.

  • Page 32: Configuration Backup/Restoration

    The homepage of SmartMonitor will be shown as the following. Only System and User Analysis menus can be operated by the user. Interface: Use the drop down list to choose the interface for SmartMonitor. Save: Save the settings. You can save current configurations as a file. Later, you can upload the file to your PC.
  • Page 33 Open Traffic Refresh Delete Delete All Send the Print this Search Report Selected Record report to Page Mode Record your e-mail By clicking Open Search icon, you will get the following page. SmartMonitor User’s Guide...

  • Page 34: Resources

    CPU speed, BUS speed, Cache size, total memory, memory usage and mounted file systems and etc. If there is something wrong, such as insufficient disk space, the administrator can know it and process it immediately. Choose this menu item can quit SmartMonitor. SmartMonitor Series User’s Guide...

  • Page 35: Group/Department

    User Setting allows you to create new group/department and users for monitored by SmartMonitor. In addition, it also offers tree view for all the accounts to be checked in ease. This page can display current created group/department. It allows you to create new groups, modify existing group, and change the members to be controlled under the specified group.
  • Page 36 Check the box to make it as important group to be monitored (an sign * will be added to corresponding record). Recording: There are ten services provided by SmartMonitor. Check the one(s) that you want to record for such group. Add New Members: Click such link to add existed members into such group.

  • Page 37: User List

    However, it is useful only for the users transferring data via this router. Delete: Remove the selected user. Click the New User icon. The following screen will appear. SmartMonitor User’s Guide...

  • Page 38: Tree View

    LAN to LAN: Check this box to make SmartMonitor recording the communication of interior network when the data passing through. If not check, SmartMonitor will just catch the data between interior and exterior networks. Below shows a figure of new user added.

  • Page 39: Service Analysis

    This menu makes an analysis for the services such as FTP, MAIL, HTTP, IM, TELNET, P2P utilized by monitored users. Also, it will show the top 10 services that users like to use. With such analysis, the administrator can easily understand what kind of service is used frequently. SmartMonitor User’s Guide...

  • Page 40: Ftp

    Open Traffic Refresh Delete Delete All Send the Print this Search Report Selected Record report to Page Mode Record your e-mail SmartMonitor Series User’s Guide...
  • Page 41 For FTP application, the system allows you to view utilization displayed with graphic. From the pop-up window, you can clearly inspect daily traffic and weekly traffic of such application used by all of the monitored accounts. Simply click Traffic Report icon, the following dialog will appear. SmartMonitor User’s Guide...
  • Page 42 You may want to mail the records to somewhere. Simply click Mail All Record, all the records can be sent to the specified e-mail box for users to inspect conveniently. To have a hard copy of the records, please click . Current page will be printed. SmartMonitor Series User’s Guide...

  • Page 43: Mail

    SmartMonitor. The administrator can access into the mail box to read or view the content of that user easily. However, the administrator cannot change the content of the mail and cannot response to that sender or recipient through such record directly.
  • Page 44 Administrator can click the number to view the detailed content of the conversation. Latest 20 days Such table can display daily IM usage report. In addition, you can choose any day by using the drop-down list for viewing the monitoring report of other day. SmartMonitor Series User’s Guide...

  • Page 45: Telnet

    BBS also must be registered by using Telnet. This page can record all of such information completely for checking at any time. Start Time Display the starting time of TELNET usage. UserName/IP: Display the name of the user who uses the IM service. WebSite: Display the website that the user uses. SmartMonitor User’s Guide...

  • Page 46: P2P

    Display the name of the file to be uploaded or downloaded. Latest 20 days Such table can display daily P2P usage report. In addition, you can choose any day by using the drop-down list for viewing the monitoring report of other day. SmartMonitor Series User’s Guide...

  • Page 47: Webdown

    Specify the file size of downloading file that you want to search. Search: Click this button to execute searching job and display on this page. This page displays the file downloading record through HTTP protocol (web browser, I.E, Firefox, etc.) SmartMonitor User’s Guide...
  • Page 48 Open Traffic Refresh Delete Delete All Send the Print this Search Report Selected Record report to Page Mode Record your e-mail By clicking Open Search icon, you will get the following page. SmartMonitor Series User’s Guide...

  • Page 49: Stock

    Open Traffic Refresh Delete Delete All Send the Print this Search Report Selected Record report to Page Mode Record your SmartMonitor User’s Guide...

  • Page 50: Top 10

    Latest 20 days Such table can display daily traffic report. In addition, you can choose any day by using the drop-down list for viewing the monitoring report of other day. SmartMonitor Series User’s Guide...

  • Page 51: Records & Report

    From the above figure we can see there are 52 mails, 29 HTTP records and 4 TELNET records. Click on it to access the viewing page to check the total records of the service that user utilizes within specified time. SmartMonitor User’s Guide...

  • Page 52: User By Traffic

    In addition, such function can be open to anonymous users. Even general users can check and view their network usage ranking and restraint their network behaviors. SmartMonitor Series User’s Guide...

  • Page 53: Report

    Such table can display daily traffic report. In addition, you can choose any day by using the drop-down list for viewing the monitoring report of other day. Such page displays the percentage for the traffic of each service that users have accessed. SmartMonitor User’s Guide...

  • Page 54: Statistics

    Besides, this page also provides reports delivering to the administrator if the radio button of E-Mail is selected. Everyday the administrator can receive the daily network report transferred by SmartMonitor to inspect the usage of network without logging into SmartMonitor.
  • Page 55 E-MAIL- The statistics report can be sent to the e-mail address specified in System>>Admin automatically based on the account you use for logging into SmartMonitor. If you want to get such statistics from SmartMonitor everyday, simply check the box of “Automatically sent everyday”.

  • Page 56: Application

    To achieve such purpose, follow the steps below: A. Use the Service Top 10 function of SmartMonitor (Service Analyssi>> Top 10). From the above figure we can see that rss.tw.msn.com tw.stock.yahoo.com,...

  • Page 57: Reducing Im Application Of Non-Work Usage

    Even lots of important data are revealed outside due to the convenience of IM application. SmartMonitor not only records the chatting of IM, but also restores the chatting records faithfully. Thus, all the information transferred by IM can be recorded, viewed and searched at any time.

  • Page 58: Best Configuration For Other Network Service

    IM software. Basically, SmartMonitor contains main stream of network applications. By monitoring the application of Telnet, e-mail, and P2P, the administrator can use SmartMonitor to analyze the problems encountered or low usage efficiency via the charts and diagrams on SmartMonitor.
  • Page 59 Below shows the steps to make anonymous logging for all users in an enterprise: 1. Open System>>Setting and check Allow login anonymously. 2. Use a browser to open Smart Monitor interface. Click Anonymous Login. SmartMonitor User’s Guide...
  • Page 60 Top 10. After deploying SmartMonitor, the administrator can notify all the users of anonymous logging. Everyone can check the network application by himself at any time. Even, they can remind for each other and restrain their network behavior.

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