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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>In general, we use ifName to identify interfaces monitored by mrtg. However, on MPLS PE or P routers, there are two instances with the same ifName – one with ifType 6 for the physical characteristics, and one with ifType 166 for the MPLS counters. Without a lot of hacking to ignore ifType 166 interfaces, I think I’ll need to come up with another way to identify those interfaces.<BR>
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Cfgmaker doesn’t appear to have any sort of fallback to change ifref if the criteria specified by —ifref is unavailable. I tried a bunch of ways to work around it, but short of creating a new configuration option, it’s pretty insistent on not allowing it.<BR>
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Would anyone find that a useful option for cfgmaker? Perhaps a name like —ifref2? I imagine for consistency I would also need --ifdesc2....<BR>
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Daniel J McDonald, CCIE # 2495, CISSP # 78281<BR>
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