The Top Conversations Between Cities report reveals traffic between locations (cities). This report is tailored to highlight traffic to/from remote sites. By default, this report shows a list of the top n conversations, each for a given source/destination city pair.

Note: In some cases traffic displayed in graphical form will only appear as coming from one direction. This is because the traffic in the other direction was not large enough to be given a ranking in the Top N list. To see opposite direction traffic in this case, you can increase the length of the Top N list (increase N).

Understanding location data

Public IP addresses. For public IPs (such as IP addresses outside your firewall, LAN, or enterprise boundaries) by default Network Traffic Analysis uses the location data provided by regional internet registries (RIRs), which is built into WhatsUp Gold for the source and destination addresses. Typically, the location is a metropolitan area region, such as a town. You can also associate ranges of IP addresses with a location using the NTA IP Groups Library.

Private IP addresses. For IP addresses inside your firewall beginning with 10.x.x.x or 192.168.x.x, it is best practice to associate location information with an IP Group using the NTA IP Groups Library.

Understand column data

The default view of each report contains a grid with the following columns:

  • Conversation. Locations of source and destination cities (Source Location —> Destination Location).
  • Sender Location. Field composed of source City with, State, and Country identifiers included.
  • Receiver Location. Field composed of destination City with, State, and Country identifiers included.
    • Bytes. Combined (incoming/outgoing) number of bytes transferred. (Use Report Settings

      Sort by option to rank the list by packet or flow count, not bytes.)
  • Bit Rate. Total average bit rate.
  • Byte Percentage. Percentage of overall traffic.

To display Flow and Packet measurements, click a column heading ( ) for column selection list ( ). You can also include:

  • Sender City. City where network traffic originates from.
  • Sender Subdivision. Metropolitan region or subdivision of the sender city.
  • Sender Country. Country of the sender city.
  • Sender Latitude. Degrees latitude of the sender city.
  • Sender Longitude. Degrees longitude of the sender city.
  • Receiver City. Destination for network traffic.

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    Generate a report

    Choose source.Choose a networking device or single physical or virtual interface. Choose traffic direction across an interface.

    Choose time constraints. Choose times. (Subject to NTA collection interval and retention policies.)Choose, filter, and reorder columns. Choose and hide columns, reorder columns, and apply advanced filters to customize your data view.

    Chart, adjust output, and visualize. Apply chart, geo mapping (World Map), and display options in Report Settings dialog (optional).

  • Export report data

    Report data can be exported from WhatsUp Gold, reused, and distributed in multiple formats. Select Expand () from the Dashboard Options () menu. After the report has been expanded, select the Export Data icon to access the following options:

    • HTML. Generate and download a .htm file presenting your report data as it appears in the WhatsUp Gold user interface.
    • Excel. Generate and download a .xml spreadsheet containing your report data.
    • CSV. Generate and download a .csv file containing your report data.
    • Text. Generate and download a .txt file containing your report data.
    • Schedule Export. Set a recurring date and time, format, and email destination for report data export.