I check the switch ports when I'm connecting to a switch but, in some cases the GB-Ware is connecting to another device such as a Barracuda which as far as I know, also does not include a provision to check for port errors.
All my equipment is immediately adjacent so I don't have long, twisted or poorly routed cable issues (everything is pretty much in the same rack). All of the cables are high quality CAT-6 cables and some have already been replaced, just in case. The console port stats only show connections, packet counts, bandwidth and summary info, no error stats that I've ever noticed. BTW - anybody know if "connections" corresponds to "flows"? Been reading a lot lately on how P2P programs open thousands of very small flows so that the bottle neck isn't bandwidth but the number of flows that can be simultaneously processed. I'm trying to get to the error counters via SNMP but so far no luck. Is a remote access filter required on port 161? I've tried adding one but still no go. Not necessarily trusting my SNMP program (an old copy of Cabletron's SPEL) I just downloaded the demo for Solarwinds and it didn't work either. Any other gotchas on configuring SNMP for GB-Ware (V 3.7.2)? Thanks, Mike Benedict > -----Original Message----- > From: Cox, Danny H. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 15:42 > To: Mike Benedict; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [gb-users] Network interface statistics > > Mike, > > I would start at the switch level instead. > > If you have a managed switch, you should be able to get that data for > every physical port on the switch. > > Then you can see if it's widespread, or one or two devices creating a > broadcast storm... > > I have dealt with infrastructure cabling issues and can tell you first > hand that CAT-5 (and up) is sensitive to poor implementation. If the > cables are stretched, bent, kinked, nicked or mislaid (like near or over > electrical equipment - like fluorescent lighting units), this can create > a nightmare to diagnose. Also, if the switch is not capable of > "Auto-Negotiate", it can easily cause these types of issues. > > As for GTA, I think you can get that data off the <ctrl> <F3> console. > > Thanks, > > Danny ------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://archives.gnatbox.com/gb-users/
