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Protocol Discovery

 

Check and customize what protocols are running through your router with nbar protocol-discovery. this gives you packet count, byte count, 5 min bit rate, and 5 min max bit rate.

first you need to enable nbar



routers>en

router#conf t

router(config)#int serial 0

router(conf-if)#ip nbar protocol-discovery



to customize ports



router(config)#ip nbar custom



to view



router#sh ip nbar protocol-discovery

 

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