[mrtg] Understanding the Bits Option

[Droptini, Jerry W.]

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Hi,
 
I'm having trouble understanding exactly what the Bits command under global
Options[_]:  does.  I'm fairly new to MRTG as you can tell by my basic
config.  As the manual reads:
 
bits
All the monitored variable values are multiplied by 8 (i.e. shown in bits
instead of bytes) ... looks much more impressive :-) It also affects the
'factory default' labeling and units for the given target. 
 
Is the default value measured in bytes as it shows above?  I just want to
make sure that my graph is graphing the right info.  The left side title
says bits per second.  Is this really what the graph is representing?
Here's my config and one of the graphs.  Thanks,
 
 
#####################################################################
WorkDir: /opt/www//mrtg/DALLASLOCAL
Options[_]: bits,growright
 
 
#---------------------------------------------------------------
# PTI-rsm1 VLAN1 IP Traffic
 
Target[rsm1.vlan1]: Vlan1:community at router
MaxBytes[rsm1.vlan1]: 12800000
Options[rsm1.vlan1]: bits
Title[rsm1.vlan1]: Dalrsm1 VLAN1-IP (Cisco 5500 RSM)
PageTop[rsm1.vlan1]: <H3>Traffic Analysis for rsm1 VLAN1-IP
 </H3>
 <TABLE>
   <TR><TD>System:</TD><TD> rsm1 VLAN1-IP (Cisco 5500 RSM)
   <TR><TD>Interface:</TD><TD>VLAN 1</TD></TR>
   <TR><TD>Max Speed:</TD>
       <TD>100 MBits/s</TD></TR>
 </TABLE>
 
 <http://olympic.paymentech.com:1742/DALLASLOCAL/dalrsm1.vlan1-ipx.html>
dalrsm1.vlan1-ipx Trafic Graph
 
Jerry Droptini
C.C.N.A., M.C.S.E.
Paymentech, Inc.
Network Analyst II
Phone:  214-849-4451
Fax:      214-849-4774
JDroptini at Paymentech.com
 



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