One can also use the Internet Weather Map libaries, just have to customize
them for one's particular environment.
Actually I was thinking about doing something similiar to the SETI@HOME
application, and reading in network data instead of searching for aliens.. :)
/mark
At 04:28 PM 12/6/00 -0500, Hart, Kevin wrote:
>Actually MRTG does use SNMP gets to read interface stats,
>but only ifInOctets and ifOutOctets. (in its basic config)
>
>MRTG uses this info to generate HTML pages containing GIF
>images which provide a live visual representation of
>bandwidth usage daily, weekly, monthly and yearly.
>
>Certainly, if you know the SNMP OID, you can monitor the
>other stats you listed below and graph these categories
>over time as well.
>
>And yes, I agree that it would be better to have
>the other categories.
>That way if something other than high bandwidth utilization
>was causing poor performance you would have a distinct
>indication of where the problem might lie.
>
>-Kevin
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