[NTLUG:Discuss] snmp

[sysmail@glade.net]

Well, I want to do general SNMP monitoring and control.  I've got MRTG
running, but I would like to get total bytes of traffic, not just bytes
per second.  Perhaps I haven't discovered everything MRTG is capable of -
I suspect it can tap just about every metric the IP stack maintains.

Carl

> MRTG is great for monitoring bandwidth usage and can be tweaked to monitor
> other MIBs.  MRTG can be bad for keeping detailed data for long periods, if
> you need to do that.
>
> check out
>
> http://silver.he.net/~rrg/snmp_free_tools.htm
>
>
> What all are you hoping to monitor and are you wanting snapshot (what is it
> doing right this second) or long term (here is the trend over the past 30
> days or 24 hours or... at 5 minute intervals)?
>
>
> >Carl
> >
> >GladeNet Communications
> >
> >On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, MadHat wrote:
> >
> > > At 10:08 PM 3/18/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> > > >Howdy - does anyone have any recommendations for SNMP?  I want to monitor
> > > >Cisco and other Linux systems from my Linux box.
> > >
> > > What are you asking?  SNMP to install on Linux so you can monitor or what
> > > tools to monitor (historic or snapshot-on-demand)?
> > >
> > > http://www.snmpworld.com/
> > >
> > >
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> > > MadHat at unspecific.com
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