NetFlow Analyzer allows you to view bandwidth and traffic usage statistics for your server, VPS, or allocated IP group.
Logging In
- Go to https://netflow.myownserver.net/
- Enter your NetFlow username.
- Enter your NetFlow password.
- Click Login.
Your NetFlow login details are separate from your hosting control panel, VPS control panel, WHMCS client area, or server root/admin password.
What NetFlow Analyzer Shows
NetFlow Analyzer shows network traffic information collected from our network equipment. It helps you understand how much bandwidth your service is using, when traffic is occurring, and what type of traffic is being seen.
Depending on your service, you may see statistics for:
- Your dedicated server
- Your VPS
- Your allocated IP address or IP range
- Your assigned traffic group
Understanding the Main Traffic Graphs
The traffic graphs usually show usage over time. This can help you identify quiet periods, busy periods, and traffic spikes.
- Inbound / IN traffic means traffic coming into your server or VPS.
- Outbound / OUT traffic means traffic leaving your server or VPS.
- Peak traffic shows the highest usage during the selected time period.
- Average traffic shows the average usage across the selected time period.
For most web hosting, VPS, and server services, outbound traffic is usually the most important figure because it represents data being sent from your server to visitors, users, or remote systems.
Traffic Volume vs Traffic Speed
NetFlow may show traffic in different ways:
- Speed / Rate is usually shown in Kbps, Mbps, or Gbps. This shows how fast traffic was moving at a point in time.
- Volume is usually shown in MB, GB, or TB. This shows how much total data was transferred.
For example, a short spike to a high Mbps value may not use much total data, but a lower Mbps value running constantly for many hours can use a large amount of data.
Applications, Sources, and Destinations
NetFlow Analyzer may also show breakdowns such as applications, source addresses, destination addresses, and conversations.
- Applications show the type of traffic, such as web, mail, DNS, SSH, FTP, or other protocols.
- Source usually means where the traffic came from.
- Destination usually means where the traffic was going.
- Conversations show traffic between two systems, such as your server communicating with a visitor, backup server, mail server, or remote service.
This can be useful when investigating high bandwidth usage, unusual traffic, or unexpected spikes.
Selecting a Time Period
You can normally change the reporting period to view recent, daily, weekly, monthly, or custom date ranges.
Use a shorter time period when investigating a specific spike or incident. Use a longer time period when checking general usage trends or monthly bandwidth consumption.
Common Things to Look For
- Large outbound spikes may indicate heavy website traffic, downloads, backups, mail activity, or possible abuse.
- High inbound traffic may indicate uploads, backups, attacks, scans, or remote systems sending data to your service.
- Consistent high usage may indicate normal busy traffic or a service that is continuously transferring data.
- Unknown destinations or sources may need investigation if they do not match your expected traffic.
Bandwidth Billing and Usage
If your service includes a bandwidth allowance, NetFlow statistics can help you monitor your usage. The displayed usage may vary slightly from billing reports depending on how traffic is measured, rounded, filtered, or grouped.
If you have questions about your bandwidth usage or believe the figures do not look correct, please contact our support team and include the date range, server or VPS name, and any screenshots or traffic details you are querying.
Security Reminder
Please keep your NetFlow username and password secure. Do not share these details with anyone who should not have access to your traffic statistics.
