HI, The measurements that Dave provided is very rough. A better estimate also uses the number of packets and also uses the the type of technology.
The RMON in RFC 2819 has a formula for utilization for 802.3 networks. Regards, /david t. perkins On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Peeyush Bishnoi wrote: > Thanx Dave for your suggestions... > > --- > Peeyush Bishnoi > > On Sun, 2007-01-14 at 21:46 +0000, Dave Shield wrote: > >> On 08/01/07, Peeyush Bishnoi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Can any tell me how to calculate the bandwidth of a network link >>> using SNMP in c/c++ . >> >> Retrieve the value of 'ifInOctets' and/or 'ifOutOctets' for the interface >> in question. Then wait a bit, and retrieve the same values again. >> The difference between the two readings (divided by the time between >> the readings) will give you the rate of data transfer for this interface. >> >> Comparing this against 'ifSpeed' for that interface should show how >> busy the interface is. >> >> Dave >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list Net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
