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User authentication
TrafMeter Service Monitor can act as an authentication agent (besides
monitoring features) for TrafMeter Service. In this case, it is installed on remote computers
and it monitors the host running TrafMeter Service.
There are the following reasons why you should use the user authentication in TrafMeter:
- To view the traffic counters on remote computers
- To count the traffic by username in DHCP-based network
- To prevent IP- or MAC- addresses "spoofing" by users
To setup the user authentication in TrafMeter, you should
perform tasks in TrafMeter Administrative Console and in TrafMeter
Service Monitor.
Settings for TrafMeter Administrative Console
Start TrafMeter Administrative Console and go to "Users" panel.
Create new user and choose proper authentication mode (Native authentication mode
or Windows domain authentication mode). Assign (if it is required) for newly created user
permissions for remote monitoring counters of corresponding filters.
Next, you can use a name of the user for creating the traffic filters to count the
traffic by username.
Settings for TrafMeter Service Monitor
- Install TrafMeter Service Monitor on remote computer (it is not neseccary to install
full TrafMeter package, please select the option "Only tool for remote managment TrafMeter Service" during
installation).
- Right click on TrafMeter Service Monitor icon in the system tray and select "Options..."
in popup menu. Enter IP address or hostname running TrafMeter Service in the invoked dialog window.
- Select "User Credentials..." in the same popup menu and select the authentication mode (enter username and password for TrafMeter Native authentication mode).
In case of the successful authentication, an arrow of TrafMeter icon in the system tray will
flash as the follows:
 Note
- It is strongly recommended to setup the password for opening TrafMeter Service configuration
- Remote computer should always run TrafMeter Service Monitor, otherwise
the user will not be authenticated.
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