The DrayTek SmartMonitor software is a network usage monitoring tool that operates by monitoring traffic through the router using the mirror port functionality.
Any traffic that SmartMonitor is able to identify is then categorised along with the time of access and the user's IP address (this can be configured to show a more useful name / group if required).
It is recommended to read the confirmation page that loads on initial access to SmartMonitor to understand the implications of this network monitoring.
System | This menu contains settings for the user accounts (privileges and passwords) The Setting menu contains SMTP settings for configuring SmartMonitor to send email notifications or reports. It can also be used to configure the storage limitations for SmartMonitor, set the network interface that is used for monitoring and set the Timezone used by the SmartMonitor server. The Event Log contains details of changes made to the SmartMonitor server and user login / logout events |
User Setting | This menu contains the IP addresses that SmartMonitor has found on the network and facilities to categorise them into groups or enable / disable monitoring for the IP addresses The Group/Department menu is for adding and configuring groups to categorise / identify the IP addresses. The User List menu lists the IP addresses that SmartMonitor has identified, it is possible to add IP addresses to existing groups, enable/disable recording for the IP addresses and give names to the IP addresses so that they can be identified as users / computers. The Tree View provides an easy way to view group settings once they have been configured. |
Service Analysis | This menu contains all of the traffic types that SmartMonitor can identify which makes it possible to look at the specific types of traffic i.e. HTTP, Mail that have been used for the specified time period (using the settings in the upper right of each page), showing which IP address / user has utilised those services. |
User Analysis | This menu has reporting information to show which IP addresses / users have used which traffic type along with the bandwidth usage. The Records & Report section shows which user has used which traffic type or can be used to generate a Daily Report which will show how much bandwidth has been used for the time period specified. The User By Traffic section shows all users listed in order of bandwidth used for the time period specified. The Top 10 section shows an overview of all traffic types and which users have used each service the most for the time period specified. |
Report | This menu provides overall usage reports and statistics as well as detailed reports for specified users / groups. The Service Traffic section shows the traffic types / total bandwidth used over a daily time period, so that peak times can be identified. The Statistics section is used to show current traffic flow along with storage utilisation on the SmartMonitor computer. The Customised Group Report & Customized User Report sections can be used to set up ongoing reports that would be sent via email or exported to PDF. |
The SmartMonitor software lists all IP addresses under the User Setting – User List section.
On this page, it's possible to set which IP addresses are recorded and to name IP addresses – in networks where there are more IP addresses than the router supports, it's possible to untick the Recording option for un-needed IP addresses. This is useful for devices that wouldn't need to be monitored such as the router IP and other network infrastructure IP addresses.
It's useful to add the IP addresses to groups or to name them, this can be done from the User Setting – Group Setting section by clicking the Add Group icon:
On that page, the group can be named, the types of traffic being monitored can be selected and at the bottom of that page, the IP addresses to be monitored can be selected. Once an IP has been selected here, it can be named to make it easier to identify in SmartMonitor:
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