[mrtg] Re: How can I receive warning when a port loses connec tion ?

[Ni Patrick-A11024]

You can download it from Peter's home page http://pwo.de
Threshold checking at least works on MRTG 2.9.7. (Not sure
whether it works on 2.9.5 or 2.9.4).

By the way, the notification package is called "qpage" not
pqage.

Patrick Ni
ITS UNIX System Administrator
Motorola Vancouver
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-----Original Message-----
From: Maged Ezzat [mailto:magedez at link.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 9:43 AM
To: Ni Patrick-A11024; 'Mustafa Cagatayli'; mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [mrtg] Re: How can I receive warning when a port loses
connection ?


from where can i download MRTG-Ping-Probe or MRTG threshold checking to ger
a noticication from the MRTG?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ni Patrick-A11024" <Patrick.Ni at motorola.com>
To: "'Mustafa Cagatayli'" <mscag at ciu.edu.tr>; <mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 7:24 PM
Subject: [mrtg] Re: How can I receive warning when a port loses connection ?


>
> 1. You can use MRTG-Ping-Probe and MRTG threshold checking to do this.
>
> 2. I also wrote a script using MRTG SNMP API (SNMP_Session.pm and
> SNMP_util.pm) to query Cisco switches for interface admin status and
> operation status (there are corresponding OID for this). When it is
> down, page me. (using pqage).
>
> The above methods both poll the monitored devices at an interval you
> set, say 3 or 5 minutes.
>
> I am now working on writing a SNMP trap receiving and handling program.
> This way, if the host is down, you can ask the switch to send you a trap
> righ on your pager or cellular phone.
>
> Patrick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mustafa Cagatayli [mailto:mscag at ciu.edu.tr]
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 12:56 AM
> To: mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
> Subject: [mrtg] How can I receive warning when a port loses connection ?
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have been using MRTG for many years, for monitoring  the traffic of my
> Cisco 25xx routers. Do you know how I can use MRTG to give me notice (can
> be a mail message, a sound, message on a web-page etc.) when a specified
> port is not responding, that is to say, it has lost connection ?
>
> Regards.
>
>
>
> Mustafa Cagatayli
> CC
>
>
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