RE: [MLUG] MRTG Question

[John Engelbrecht <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Ok, thanks, i'll try it


On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Brent Deterding wrote:

> ifconfig keeps track of not only bytes but reformats into K and Mb and whatever
> else. Just use cricket and be done with it over snmp :) Cricket is better than
> MRTG IMHO.
> 
> -- Brent
> 
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> Subject: [MLUG] MRTG Question
> 
> 
> My recent project is dealijng with MRTG,
> I've been having problems with MRTG working with a SNMP server.
> Does linux have 1, It keeps saying it can not connect?
> 
> Also what I recently worked on is suposed to get around the need
> for SNMP, wrote a C program that runs a few bash commands, that grabs a
> line from ifconfig command, 2 lines, TX and RX, then writes
> "2086521 errors:0 dropped:0 ov" that to file and it uses scanf to find
> the 1st number in the file and prints TX and RX packets: to stdout.
> 
> MRTG grabs the TX and RX numbers and graphs out the difference from the 2
> number from what it was to what they are now.
> My question is is there an option that you have to include to get
> the real difference calculated so data that it is showing is true
> or not
> 
> when I send out a ping, it sends packets that should make TX peak sky
> rocket. But it does not.
> 
> But when I use ping, The Graph will show it, It isn't as high as
> the ping result told me it should be.
> 
> MRTG is updating every 5 minutes, so there should be alot more than
> 5 to 32 packets within the next 5 minutes.
> 
> If I include bits in my option, then the average is 50 packets every 5
> minutes, when listing to KPLA all day long on the internet.
> 
> Any Suggestions?
> 
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