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.
