On Wed, 24 May 2006 22:24:37 +1200
Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Wed, 24 May 2006 21:57:21 +1200
> Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 24 May 2006 20:58:44 +1200
> > Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > > ... if you're that worried, look at the thresholding options in mrtg/rrd, 
> > > and shut it down automatically.
> > 
> > 
> > begin chicken egg repeat
> > 
> > volker needs to get the data first.
> > 
> Not really. mrtg was originally designed to monitor ethernet ports. There's 
> no difference between monitoring the outgoing port on the switch/server or 
> the incoming port on the cable modem. 
> 
> Whether or not you can use snmp or have to write a trivial script to do so is 
> no big deal.
> 
> Steve

But the other problem was the fact that the eth port carries traffic
that is not counted in the ration.

Its a place to start though.

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