[mrtg] Re: scaling...bits and bytes

[Archer, Kyle]

I have that set to bits... however the graphs that 14all draws seem like byte
conversions (at least the graphic piece is, the data appears in bits).  That
is the part that is loosing me.  must be a 14all.cgi thing.

Kyle Archer


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Calvert [mailto:ncalvert at cabletron.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 9:32 AM
> To: Archer, Kyle; mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
> Subject: [mrtg] Re: scaling...bits and bytes
> 
> 
> MRTG doesn't necessarily scale anything. Many MIB objects such as
> ifInOctets and ifOutOctets are reporting things in bytes so the
> conversion is to make things into bits after having read them from the
> SNMP device.
> 
> The Options[...] bits flag in your MRTG config file should do 
> the trick
> 
> Neil
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Archer, Kyle <Archer.Kyle at principal.com>
> To: mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch <mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch>
> Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 10:17 AM
> Subject: [mrtg] scaling...bits and bytes
> 
> 
> >
> >(running MRTG v2.8.9 + 14all.cgi + RRDTool v1.0.7)
> >
> >I am interested in not having MRTG/RRDTool scale things to bytes and
> keep
> >everything is bits - always.  Last time I did this I think I had to
> make an
> >edit to the MRTG script itself and take out the / 8 piece, however I
> don't
> >recall where that was or if that was the correct thing to 
> do.  Any help
> would
> >be great - I've tried to search the archives but didn't come up with
> anything.
> >
> >Kyle Archer
> >
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