[mrtg] Re: question about SNMP on Server

[Greg L]

i have been running mrtg for over a year now watching around 50 servers
and as many router interfaces.
as of yet, the results have been without fault.
there may, however, be errors introduced by incorrect configuration.
it is, however, very easy to correctly configure mrtg using the config
scripts that come with the package.

that said, it is easy to verify their results.
if you own the server, you have access to the snmp read only password
(or secret, which is often set to "public" as the default)
if so, setting up mrtg yourself would be a good project and a way for
you to monitor the traffic independently.

of course, all that they would need to do is ftp some large files from
your machine, and there goes the evidence.

my recommendation is this; trust your isp.

if you can't trust them, switch to another isp (after checking their
references ;) ) or do the hosting yourself.

good luck,

for more random free advice, email me :)

greg

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Fragmeister wrote:
> 
> I am new to this and own a dedicated server which is hosted by a company who
> uses this meter and I have a few questions wondering if this meter is 100%
> accurate since I have been getting a very high bandwidth bill lately and can
> not see how my sites are doing all of this.. I looked over my stats and it
> does not match up to the amount of bandwidth my host is telling me and I
> want to know how good this program really is and if there is a chance it
> could be wrong?
> 
> Has anyone ever got a false reading from it? Like anything on the market ,
> there is always that possibility of it not measuring properly and this may
> be that time, but only where I get stuck with the damn bill. I want to find
> out if there is something I can do on my end to watch this traffic and
> compare it to what my host is saying.. Can I install this meter without
> being at the routers? This way I can compare to what they show and see if
> they are bull crapping me..
> 
> Anyway, your help is appreciated,
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> ___________________________________________
> John
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