The sample MRTG script from Smartbridges (Version 1.2 anyway - I didn't
check 1.1) has an error in the scaling of values:

The following line causes MRTG to report bits/second:

Options[DEVICE_NAME]: noinfo, growright, bits

which would be OK if it didn't then force the labels to be Bytes with this
line:

Legend1[DEVICE_NAME]:  Bytes In
Legend2[DEVICE_NAME]:  Bytes Out

And it's Bits/Sec not:

YLegend[DEVICE_NAME]: Bytes/min

Using the sample as is gives you bits/second, labeled Bytes, with a
Bytes/Min legend.  Quite confusing and maybe the cause of some of the
perceived throughput problems.

If you omit the Legend1, Legend2 and YLegend lines MRTG will nicely figure
things out automatically with the correct units.  Including the option
'bits' is, um, optional but MRTG will do the correct thing with regard to
labeling.


Mark Radabaugh
Amplex
(419) 720-3635


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