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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I am creating
a MRTG box on our network (running Centos) which uses HP Procurve switches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We run a
basic hub and spoke topology with my MRTG server at the hub behind a HP 5400zl
chassis.&nbsp; We have 24 remote locations that connect back to the hub
(5400zl) via 10MB and 50MB fiber links that are VLAN&#8217;d and come in on one
GB fiber link from an AT&amp;T cloud (into one port on the 5400zl).<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I read in the
docs for MRTG that I might need to reverse the &#8220;in&#8221; and &#8220;out&#8221;
fields of the cfg files if I am on the wrong side of the link.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Since I
cannot monitor traffic on the VLANs themselves, I am monitoring all ports on
all switches (local and remote).&nbsp; My port 24 on the hub 5400zl shows all
the traffic coming in (all remote VLANs) and the port 26 from each of the
remote site switches shows the traffic &#8220;leaving&#8221; the buildings
heading for the hub.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>My problem
is, I don&#8217;t know if I am seeing the correct values for &#8220;in&#8221;
and &#8220;out&#8221; with a default setup.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>So my noob
question is, what is the &#8220;right&#8221; side?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hope this
makes sense, thanks for any help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Martin T.
Hugo<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Network
Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hilliard City
Schools<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>614-921-7102
(Ph)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>614-771-7243
(Fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#009900'><img width=18 height=19 id="Picture_x005f_x0020_2"
src="cid:image001.gif@01CA1107.87494650" alt="Think before you print.">Think
before you print</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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