[mrtg] Re: Can mrtg just read from file instead of SNMP?

[Clint Alexander]

This is what I was told, when mrtg runs, it queries the routers via snmp for
information.
There was a way that instead of mrtg querying the routers, it can read
information (usage) from a file
instead if given a switch on the command line. If possible, you can have
mrtg read from a file instead of
querying routers for the information, then build the log file for rateup. We
want to build the file mrtg can
read from, then build the log files for rateup.  So, in other words, mrtg
will work local on the machine,
and not do network requests at all.

Does this make sense ?



> You mean you want to make the log files on your own? 
> 
> Ken 
> 

> > Yes, I'm aware that cfgmaker --vendor community at router > mrtg.cfg
> > will give u a proper config file. You run ./mrtg mrtg.cfg  
> afterward.
> > However, I mean, when ./mrtg mrtg.cfg runs, does it not query 
> > the routers
> > again to pull down stats, and build the log files for rateup?
> > This is what we want to make on our own.
> > 
> >  

> > > MRTG reads its cfg file fromt the disk.  CFGmaker will make 
> > > that cfg file by
> > > pulling data from the router you want to monitor.  You can 
> > > write your own
> > > cfg files as long as you do it in the proper format. 
> > > 
> > > I'm not sure what you mean by a command switch as MRTG only 
> > takes one
> > > parameter, the cfg file. 
> > > 
> > > HTH, 
> > > 
> > > Ken 
> > > 

> > > > Curious...
> > > > Can you configure mrtg to read configurations from a file, 
> > > instead of
> > > > querying the router via snmp?
> > > > I keep hearing there is a command switch that mrtg uses, but 
> > > > I can't seem to
> > > > find it.
> > > > Does anyone know of this ?
> > > >  
> > > > Thanks In Advance.

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