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Statistics

Email: support@oar.net

OARnet provides three levels of connectivity

  • IntraOhio bandwidth Network traffic that stays within the State of Ohio.
  • Internet (also called Internet1) General public connection.
  • Internet2 Non-profit, national network dedicated to research and education. OARnet is Ohio's access point to Internet2.

Two different services enable clients to view bandwidth and utilization statistics. On-line statistics are currently available to all academic and government members. To access them, you must have a user-id and password. Please contact the NOC at 1-800-627-6420 or support@oar.net if you need this information. (Only contacts listed in our database will be given the login information.)

Non-academic clients may contact the NOC at support@oar.net and request a stats report for a specific time period. You also can receive statistics by email on the first and fifteenth of each month; also request this service through the NOC.

Bandwidth Statistics

To view your Intra-Ohio or I2 Net-Flow bandwidth stats, please visit https://nfstats.oar.net.

Leased Line Statistics

Statseeker allows our leased line customers to track line utilization in many different ways. These statistics can help you with things such as:

  • Determining whether or not your current connection is capable of accommodating the amount of traffic on a given interface
  • Seeing the periods of time and/or months when your interfaces handle the most traffic
  • a glimpse of the number of errors a given interface takes in a year

Access the Statseeker web page at http://statseeker.oar.net

Statseeker User Tips

View utilization reports
Generate a statistics report
Graph color legend
Save graphs
Rate-limited interface
Statseeker Glossary

View utilization reports

  • Once you log into the web site, click on the link in the Statseeker Command Console that says "Network Monitor - OARnet" (Note: You will need to allow popups for this site.)
  • Select a graph option.
    • To quickly see all interfaces without having to format graphs
      • Select a time period using the Historical Reports pull-down menu (in the second column).
      • Choose your device (either the OARnet provided cpe device or the backbone router that connects you) from the device list (fourth column).
      • Click on Utilization Graphs, which is underneath the Port Reports section of the Real-Time Reports page (first column, second section).
    • To view statistics for a specific port/s in detail
      • Select your device using the Device List. If your device is not listed, contact the NOC at support@oar.net or 1-800-627-6420.
      • Click on the gray button at the top of the console that says "Graphs." This will open up another window.
      • In this window, you will notice a Port List with all the ports on your device. Select the port/s you wish to view statistics for (Use ctrl+click to select multiple values), the day, month, and year of the graph using the pull-down menu at the top, and the Graphing Options settings.
      • Format your graph using the Scales tool. This tool is particularly helpful for gigabit Ethernet connections with smaller provisions.
      • If you have an interface that is rate-limited (i.e. you do not have a full DS3, T1, etc.), you can change the maximum percentage (the y-axis) of the graph. This is done using the Utilization pull-down menu.
      • Click on the maximum percentage of the graph you wish to view, and it will be set.
      • To enlarge the graph for easier reading using the Zoom pull-down menu.
      • Once these things have been done, you can choose the period of time that the graph will display.

Generate a statistics report

  • Statseeker allows you to view your statistics in a variety of ways.
    • Day option under the Create Graph box will bring up a graph with your selected settings for the day chosen using the pull down menus at the top.
    • Monthly or Monthly (Calendar) option will bring up a graph for the month that was chosen via pull down menus.
      • The Monthly graph displays as one continuous graph.
      • The Monthly (Calendar) graph display the graphs as if they were running through a calendar (with day delineated and positioned according to day of the week).
    • Yearly option will show one graph for the year that was selected with the pull-down menu.

Graph color legend

When you view the graph, different lines correspond to different settings. Here are descriptions of the settings and their corresponding line colors:

Utilization (%) – Receive (blue solid line), Transmit (red solid line)
Average Utilization (%) – Receive (blue dotted line), Transmit (red dotted line)
Total – Receive (blue solid), Transmit (red solid)
Specified Range – Receive (blue w/ lighter blue solid), Transmit (red w/ pink solid)
PVC CIR – Solid fuchsia line
Threshold – Dotted fuchsia line
Network Delay (ms) – Solid green line
Average Network Delay – Dotted green line

Save graphs

Save formatted graphs to a location on your computer by right-clicking on the graph and then clicking "Save Target As."

Rate-limited interface

Rate limits are not reflected on the utilization formats. If you are viewing a rate-limited interface, keep in mind that you are limited to the maximum value for Utilization % (i.e. you have a DS3 (45Mbps) connection, but you are rate-limited to 22.5 Mbps. Therefore, a line that hits the 22.5 Mbps mark means that you are essentially using 100% of your allotted bandwidth. If you do not know whether or not your interface is rate-limited, you can email or call the support center (support@oar.net, 1-800-627-6420).

Statseeker Glossary

Average Delay – Displays a line indicating the average delay times
Average Rx% - Displays a line indicating the average amount of traffic coming into the designated port
Average Tx% - Displays a line indicating the average amount of traffic going out of the designated port
Bytes – Displays byte counts for the designated port
Delay Times – Displays delay times along the port
Discards – Displays discard counts
Errors – Displays error counts for the designated port
FECN/BECN– Displays FECN/BECN information
Frames – Displays frame counts for the designated port
PVC CIR% - Displays PVC committed information rate statistics
Rx Utilization % - Displays traffic coming into the designated port
Show Grid – Displays a grid on the graph in order to make the graphs easier to read
Tabular - Displays average Receive and Transmit percentages, Bytes, Frames, Errors, Discards, and FECN/BECN information in a table format
Thresholds - Displays the threshold of the designated port
Tx Utilization % - Displays traffic going out of the designated port