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network configuration/installation for servers, right/wrong?

hi all pros!
I'm not a network engineering. All I'm doing now is based on my understanding and experiences.
I'm about move to another servers collocation, and I will need to come up with a network design.
So far, here is what I thought
(MY_ISP CABLE, ip range: 123.456.789.0 ~ 100) ---> a 3COM 4250T managed switch ---> 2 regular router (linksys and netgear) with 2 different public IPs ---> internal network of servers.

the goal is that i will want to monitor bandwidth/traffic from each IP, and my current netgear/linksys do not have SNMP enabled for any kind of monitoring software.
So, i thought the managed switch will be best suitable?
is the config above making sense with respect with what I wanna do? if the switch comes with SNMP/quality of service, etc , i should be able to look at traffic at each IP right?

thanks so much

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valleytech

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according to the switch manual, it has RMON as well as SMNP, so I assume it should be able to look at all traffic? you mentioned about some softwares? can you please give some example? (MRTG probably?)

thur6165

The general term would be port mirroring. RMON, which i've never used is a more advanced type of SNMP. See if you can verify that it supports port mirroring, and each vendor as its own acronym for the technology, 3COM I think is RAP.

MRTG is highly recommend.

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