System and method for internet gateway performance charting

A system for Internet gateway performance charting, comprising:

• an internal network having one or more servers interconnecting a plurality of computing devices;
• an Internet gateway coupled to the internal network and to a public Internet, the Internet gateway providing connectivity between the plurality of computing devices of the internal network and the public Internet, and the Internet gateway executing an application that gathers statistics on the performance of the Internet gateway and prepares a statistics file storing statistics information;
• a designated server of the internal network, the designated server operable to periodically receive and process the statistics file from the Internet gateway, the designated server operable to recover the statistics information from the statistics file, the designated server including a database, the designated server operable to populate the database with statistics data based upon the statistics information from the statistics file;
• a computing device of the plurality of computing devices operable to execute an application that obtains statistics data from the database and displays selected performance charts based upon the statistics data such that a user of the computing device can view performance charts of the Internet gateway;
• additional Internet gateways coupled to the internal network and to the public Internet, the additional Internet gateways providing connectivity between the plurality of computing devices of the internal network and the public Internet, and the additional Internet gateways each executing an application that gathers statistics on the performance of the Internet gateway and prepares a statistics file storing statistics information;
• wherein the designated server is operable to periodically receive and process the statistics files from the additional Internet gateways, the designated server operable to recover the statistics information from the statistics files, the designated server operable to populate the database with statistics data based upon the statistics information from the statistics files;
• and
• wherein the application executed by the computing device further allows the user of the computing device to view performance charts of selected Internet gateways.