  This paper was designed to provide Intranet traffic monitoring by sniffing
the packets at the local Area Network (LAN) server end to provide security and
control. It was implemented using five computer systems configured with static
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses used in monitoring the IP traffic on the
network by capturing and analyzing live packets from various sources and
destinations in the network. The LAN was deployed on windows 8 with a D-link
16-port switch, category 6 Ethernet cable and other LAN devices. The IP
traffics were captured and analyzed using Wireshark Version 2.0.3. Four network
instructions were used in the analysis of the IP traffic and the results
displayed the IP and Media Access Control (MAC) address sources and
destinations of the frames, Ethernet, IP addresses, User Datagram Protocol
(UDP) and Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The outcome can aid network
administrators to control Intranet access and provide security.
