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Quick Start for Network AgentInternal Network Definition: Identify the machines in your network.To add machines other than network segments recognized by default, click Add.Internal Traffic Monitoring: Network Agent monitors requests sent to and from the internal IPaddresses you specify. To identify a machine, click Add, then enter its IP address.Additional Settings:• Bandwidth calculation interval (in seconds): A lower value (more frequent interval)ensures higher accuracy but also increases overall network traffic.• Log requests and traffic volume by protocol: Do you want Network Agent to log requestsand volume by protocol? Uncheck this box to prevent Network Agent from logging protocolrequests periodically.• If you enable protocol logging, either accept the default logging interval (1 minute) or specifya different interval (at least 1 minute).When protocol logging is selected, Network Agent provides to Log Server both the numberof requests by protocol and the traffic volume for each protocol.Local Settings(Planning worksheet 3) These settings determine the functions performed by each Network Agentmachine. By default, Network Agent monitors traffic to and from external sites for all internalmachines it sees. Machine names are tracked in log data and Real-Time Analyzer output.Configure how much of the internal network each Network Agent machine sees. Then, specify anyexceptions to the default monitoring behavior. Configure one Network Agent per screen.Quick Start 11 Network Agent