On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:35:19 -0800 (PST), plug bert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > i recently had to upgrade a LEAF router in the office. > We were using a Pentium 133 with 64mb RAM. Aside from > complaints of network sluggishness, logging into the > router took 30 secs to a minute, but when i ran top, > system load was virtually 0. i immediately deduced > that the network traffic may just be too much for the > router, so i immediately replaced it. > > is there a more accurate way of telling if the router > was indeed being overwhelmed by network traffic? Are > there any counters i should be looking into? Any > utilities?
Try installing an SNMP server on that machine, then get the statistics (MRTG is a popular choice, although there are other free and non-free derivatives). -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
