[mrtg] Re: using MRTG with a Cisco Pix 520 firewall

Rony Romero raromero at hotmail.com
Wed Oct 24 22:04:07 MEST 2001


The PIX Firewall work with specific MIBs for the each version...

Regards,
RR



----- Original Message -----
From: "Kerry Cox" <kerry.cox at ksl.com>
To: "Larry Prikockis" <Larry_Prikockis at ABI.org>
Cc: "MRTG Mailing List" <mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:40 PM
Subject: [mrtg] Re: using MRTG with a Cisco Pix 520 firewall


>
> Larry Prikockis wrote:
> >
> > greetings... This may be a silly question, but I've scoured the
available
> > documentation and whatnot and am still not quite sure of the answer...
> >
> > We are using a Cisco Pix firewall, and I'd like to be able to not only
graph
> > traffic throughput (I've sucessfully used MRTG to do that), but get a
> > breakdown by subnet (e.g., total bandwidth for 172.16.5.* vs. total
> > bandwidth for 172.16.6.*).
> >
> > Is there someone out there who's set up this type of monitoring using
MRTG
> > with a Pix?  Do I need some additional software to parse out the
information
> > I want?  Am I totally on the wrong track?  Basically, I'd like to find a
> > quick & dirty way to get some basic numbers on bandwidth utilization
without
> > buying an expensive software package (e.g. WebTrends).
> >
> > any clues would be appreciated...
> > thanks-
> >
> > +
> > Larry J. Prikockis
> > Internet Systems Specialist, ABI
> > (effective in November, ABI will be known as NatureServe)
> > ph:703-908-1833 / fax:703-908-1917 / Email:larry_prikockis at abi.org
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> > +
> > All parts should go together without forcing.  You must remember that
the
> > parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you.  Therefore, if you
> > can't get them together again, there must be a reason.  By all means, do
not
> > use a hammer.
> >          -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
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>
> Larry,
> I'm using MRTG (the latest version) to track just the interfaces on a
> PIX 525 with no problem. You just need to specifiy the snmp-server host
> name or IP address and make certain all the interfaces are live.
> I have not tried to break it down by subnets since I have a Cisco 5500
> into which all the subnets converge and it is there I trace out the
> bandwidth.
> If you have need of further details, you can contact me directly.
> Hope that helps.
> Kerry
>
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