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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=525303410-18032011>Hi Steve,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=525303410-18032011></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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class=525303410-18032011>thanks for the reply. I already attempted your advice.
After using '--ifdesc=catname,ppname,alias,descr,ip,name,nr '
the "ifName"-attribute was used in my cfg-file. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=525303410-18032011>When I change the order of the attributes to be used
for ifdesc, the output in my cfg-file changes as follows:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=525303410-18032011>'--ifdesc=catname,ppname,alias,descr,ip,name,nr ' =>
ifName is used (Description like this as title "g1 --
Switch")</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=525303410-18032011>'--ifdesc=alias,descr,catname,ppname,ip,name,nr' =>
blank is used (Description like this as title "-- Switch")</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=525303410-18032011>'--ifdesc=descr,alias,catname,ppname,ip,name,nr' =>
blank is used (Description like this as title "-- Switch")</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=525303410-18032011>'--ifdesc=name,descr,alias,catname,ppname,ip,nr' =>
#ifName is used (Description like this as title "#g1 --
Switch")</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=525303410-18032011></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=525303410-18032011>To avoid empty results I labelled all interfaces of the
router, but no changes took place. The result is the same as above. Any ideas
left?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Much thanks in advance</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Markus</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>Von:</B> Steve Shipway
[mailto:s.shipway@auckland.ac.nz] <BR><B>Gesendet:</B> Donnerstag, 17. März 2011
21:17<BR><B>An:</B> Markus Lauterbach; mrtg@lists.oetiker.ch<BR><B>Betreff:</B>
RE: [mrtg] problems with cfgmaker and ifdesc=alias<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>You can specity multiple methods in the latest cfgmaker, so that
alternatives will be used if they exist and the preferred method is blank.
You also do not tell use *what* is being used where you expect the Alias to be
used.<BR><BR>Try this:<BR><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=601335112-17032011>/usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/cfgmaker
--no-down</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace">
</SPAN>--ifref=ip,name,nr<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
-</SPAN>-ifdesc=catname,ppname,alias,descr,ip,name,nr --global "WorkDir:
/opt/apache/htdocs/mrtg/switch" --output switch.cfg <A
href="mailto:guessit@192.168.xxx.yyy"
target=_blank>guessit@192.168.xxx.yyy</A><BR><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=601335112-17032011><BR></SPAN></FONT> Steve<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 13px"><STRONG>Steve
Shipway</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 13px">University of Auckland
ITS</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 13px"><EM>UNIX Systems Design
Lead</EM></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 13px"><A
href="mailto:s.shipway@auckland.ac.nz">s.shipway@auckland.ac.nz</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 13px">Ph: +64 9 373 7599 ext
86487</DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 13px"><EM></EM> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="DIRECTION: ltr" id=divRpF557174><FONT color=#000000 size=2
face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> mrtg-bounces+s.shipway=auckland.ac.nz@lists.oetiker.ch
[mrtg-bounces+s.shipway=auckland.ac.nz@lists.oetiker.ch] on behalf of Markus
Lauterbach [markus.lauterbach@meinestadt.de]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 18 March
2011 2:24 a.m.<BR><B>To:</B> mrtg@lists.oetiker.ch<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mrtg]
problems with cfgmaker and ifdesc=alias<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN class=601335112-17032011>Hi out
there,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=601335112-17032011></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN class=601335112-17032011>I'm a recipient of
this maillinglist for a few month now. With the announcement of the mrtg-release
2.17.1, I thought, my problem based on cfgmaker and my routers interface alias
would be solved. Now, I using mrtg-version 2.17.1 and my problem still exists.
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=601335112-17032011></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN class=601335112-17032011>bash-3.00$
/usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/cfgmaker --version<BR>cfgmaker for
mrtg-2.17.2</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=601335112-17032011></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=601335112-17032011></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=601335112-17032011></SPAN><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=601335112-17032011>I'm using a Cisco SG 300-52 52-port switch, which
allows me, to label the interfaces. As you can see, I already did
that</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>snmpwalk -c guessit 192.168.xxx.yyy
.1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.18<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.49 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.50
= STRING: server<SPAN
class=601335112-17032011>0</SPAN>1.yourdomain.com<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.51 =
STRING: server<SPAN
class=601335112-17032011>0</SPAN>2.yourdomain.com<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.52 =
STRING: server<SPAN
class=601335112-17032011>0</SPAN>3.yourdomain.com<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.53 =
STRING: server<SPAN
class=601335112-17032011>0</SPAN>4.yourdomain.com<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.54 =
STRING: server<SPAN
class=601335112-17032011>0</SPAN>5.yourdomain.com<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.55 =
STRING: server<SPAN
class=601335112-17032011>0</SPAN>6.yourdomain.com<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.56 =
STRING: server<SPAN
class=601335112-17032011>0</SPAN>7.yourdomain.com<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.57 =
STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.58 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.59 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.60 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.61 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.62 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.63 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.64 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.65 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.66 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.67 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.68 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.69 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.70 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.71 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.72 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.73 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.74 = STRING: server<SPAN
class=601335112-17032011>0</SPAN>8.yourdomain.com<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.75 =
STRING: server<SPAN
class=601335112-17032011>0</SPAN>9.yourdomain.com<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.76 =
STRING: server10.yourdomain.com<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.77 = STRING:
server11.yourdomain.com<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.78 = STRING:
server12.yourdomain.com<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.79 = STRING:
server13.yourdomain.com<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.80 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.81 =
STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.82 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.83 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.84 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.85 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.86 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.87 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.88 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.89 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.90 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.91 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.92 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.93 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.94 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.95 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.96 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.97 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.98 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.99 = STRING:
uplink<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.100 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.1000 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.1001 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.1002 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.1003 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.1004 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.1005 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.1006 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.1007 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.3000 = STRING:
<BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.100000 = STRING: <BR>IF-MIB::ifAlias.300000 =
STRING:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN class=601335112-17032011>I'm using the
cfgmaker with the following command ( /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/cfgmaker --no-down
--ifdesc=alias --global "WorkDir: /opt/apache/htdocs/mrtg/switch" --output
switch.cfg <A href="mailto:guessit@192.168.xxx.yyy"
target=_blank>guessit@192.168.xxx.yyy</A>; ), but unfortunately the
interface alias isn't used in the cfg-file :(</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=601335112-17032011></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN class=601335112-17032011>Is this option
tricky to use or I'm not able to see the wood for the trees.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=601335112-17032011></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN class=601335112-17032011>Much thanks in
advance</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=601335112-17032011></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=601335112-17032011>Markus</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><SPAN
class=601335112-17032011></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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