[mrtg] Re: Total passed data / traffic

[Adrian J Bool]

Hi,

Try the gauge option,

options[my-thingy]: gauge

Just *might* work ;-) - not tried it..

aid

On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Simon Thorpe wrote:

> All
> 
> Well MRTG is proving to be a very nice tool, well done to the authors.
> 
> I have one question which seems to elude my efforts in finding an answer, is
> it possible to create a climbing graph
> that shows the TOTAL data that has passed across my ep0 (internet) interface
> ?
> 
> My service provider charges me based on the amount of data i've used. I want
> to be able to track this and make 
> modifications to the system to reduce as much unwanted traffic as possible.
> My system is the following, 
> 
> A freebsd (3.1 RELEASE) router with three 3com nic interfaces (ep0,ep1,ep2)
> with the UCD-SNMP daemon running.
> MRTG reports on... 2:gate at localhost, 3:gate at localhost 4:gate at localhost and
> also I monitor the inOctlets and outOctlets vars in the interfaces tree.
> (excuse my lack of detail, I didn't bring the full var names into work :( )
> 
> You can see what i'm logging at the moment at...
> 
> http://www.eidos-st.com/mrtg/max_in_ep0.htm
> 
> this shows my internet interface (a 128k line into a radio speedbox... yip..
> i get inet of microwaves :) )
> 
> but what i want is a climbing graph, showing me when I start to get close to
> my 600mb limit. There must be a var in the snmpd that will simply report the
> MAX data thats travelled over that interface since the computer was last
> booted, and would MRTG not just graph it and therefore produce a climbing
> graph ? Or am i missing the point :(
> 
> cheers
> 
> > <--Simon Thorpe-->
> > Internet Systems Engineer
> >        BREAKERTECH
> >  www.breakertech.com
> >  (+44) (0) 1189 321921
> > 
> 
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