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linux bandwidth on centos v5.2

hello there,
Im currently using MRTG to monitor the server load, ram, cpu usage and other thing..
I would like to know how can I make MRTG graph the bandwidth usage!!
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The Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) is a tool to monitor the traffic load on network links. It does it natively. I don't know why it does not this out-of-the-box but here is a guide for redhat, it should work for you
http://www.cyberciti.biz/nixcraft/linux/docs/uniqlinuxfeatures/mrtg/
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Take a look here:

http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch23_:_Advanced_MRTG_for_Linux

There is a complete sample there on how to setup mrtg to monitor various machine statistics and bandwidth.
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none of the posts say how to make bandwidth stats
It makes them out-of-the-box, it's the only thing it makes by design. The rest (cpu, ram, etc) are modifications on the original.
The question is: how did you manage to have bandwidth not reported? I really can't understand..