getting new hardware is a isue ,i know what it costs.
but for a snmp agent, it is something to think for.
thnxs.

Tony.
On 19-6-2012 23:53, Steve Shipway wrote:
>> wel, most of my machines are windows briks, and as far i know, windows does
>> not have SNMP installed.
>> and my switch is a dumbass model with no inteligence for SNMP my OS is 
>> openBSD
>> ,and it does not have iptables, it uses pfctlon it.
>> Previous router project was freesco, and with ipfwadm i could collect all 
>> data
>> i needed.
>> it even got worse now, i got a new modem from my ISP, and the stupid brik has
>> NO SNMP at al, so i have collect trafic data with statgrab catching data on
>> external eth card.
> 
> Looks like you just don’t have the hardware for it at the moment.
> 
> You could install SNMP onto your windows boxes -- they can support it, and it 
> is in the standard Windows distro but not installed by default.  That might 
> be your best bet as it costs nothing and will allow SNMP queries of traffic 
> using normal MRTG.
> 
> Alternatively, upgrade your switch to an intelligent one that supports SNMP.  
> That would be the easiest solution, as you can then graph each port as each 
> port corresponds to one device.  Of course this will cost.
> 
> Since you don’t have control over your router, you have nothing you can do 
> there.  In any case, you wouldn’t be able to split the traffic count by 
> source unless it had RMAN or you had linux command-line access.  
> 
> Also, since you have an unmanaged switch, you cannot configure a spanning 
> port, so a network sniffer is likely pointless as it will not show you all 
> the packets.
> 
> You could place a linux box in series with your router on the switch port, 
> and sniff the traffic as it passes through, but that would require a lot of 
> awkward work.
> 
> I'd go with installing SNMP on the windows boxes (if not many of them) or 
> upgrading your switch to a proper managed one (if you have the $)
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> Steve Shipway
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