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Help on MRTG
I have a RedHat 9.0 server, and I want to monitor it's traffic.
I know that I can use MRTG for this. But I have some questions :
1. Should I install SNMP ?
2. Is there any good guide for configuring MRTG to monitor ethernet traffic in a server ?
I am not an experienced linux admin :)
Thanks
I know that I can use MRTG for this. But I have some questions :
1. Should I install SNMP ?
2. Is there any good guide for configuring MRTG to monitor ethernet traffic in a server ?
I am not an experienced linux admin :)
Thanks
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Let's clear that:
from: http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/
The Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) is a tool to monitor the traffic load on network links. MRTG generates HTML pages containing PNG images which provide a LIVE visual representation of this traffic.
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Portable SNMP
MRTG Uses a highly portable SNMP implementation written entirely in Perl (thanks to Simon Leinen). There is no need to install any external SNMP package.
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Devices monitored with MRTG
Note that MRTG works with virtually all SNMP capable devices ... The Gear below are just samples.
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In your opinion are there any other ways to query the router on how much data it passes?!? Or a switch? They MUST be SNMP enabled devices!
Thanks!
from: http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/
The Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) is a tool to monitor the traffic load on network links. MRTG generates HTML pages containing PNG images which provide a LIVE visual representation of this traffic.
--
Portable SNMP
MRTG Uses a highly portable SNMP implementation written entirely in Perl (thanks to Simon Leinen). There is no need to install any external SNMP package.
--
Devices monitored with MRTG
Note that MRTG works with virtually all SNMP capable devices ... The Gear below are just samples.
--
In your opinion are there any other ways to query the router on how much data it passes?!? Or a switch? They MUST be SNMP enabled devices!
Thanks!
If you take a labour to read the original question , you'll see :
"I have a RedHat 9.0 server, and I want to monitor it's traffic."
What routers/switches ? We are talking about servers ....
"I have a RedHat 9.0 server, and I want to monitor it's traffic."
What routers/switches ? We are talking about servers ....
Fine. If you focus on other solutions than MRTG you have iptraf, ntop, etc...
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I will leave a recommendation in the Cleanup topic area that this question is:
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khkremer
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You can use it to monitor devices that not accept snmp requests at all .