SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNET GATEWAY PERFORMANCE CHARTING

A system for Internet gateway performance charting includes an internal network (10) having one or more servers interconnecting a plurality of computing devices (12). The system also includes an Internet gateway (16) coupled to the internal network (10) and to the public Internet (14). The Internet gateway (16) provides connectivity between the internal network (10) and the public Internet (14). The Internet gateway (16) also executes an application that gathers statistics on the performance of the Internet gateway (16) and prepares a file (19) storing statistics information. The system includes a designated server (18) of the internal network (10) that executes an application that periodically receives the file (19) from the Internet gateway (16), processes the file (19), recovers the statistics information, and populates a database (21) with statistics data. The system further includes a computing device (12) of the plurality of computing devices (12) that executes an application that obtains statistics data from the database (21) and displays selected performance charts (23) based upon that statistics data such that a user of the computing device (12)' can view performance charts of the Internet gateway (16).