[mrtg] Re: Newbie OS X User

[tony bourke]

>
> > \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/
> > My opinion, for what it's worth, is that you begin this adventure by
> > monitoring
> > the router/switch that connects your office to the outside world.  It is
> > probably the easiest thing to do, and will give you some feedback on
> > important information right away.  You can then move on to more difficult
> > items
> > after MRTG has become a bit more familiar
> > /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\
>
> When I run cfgmaker I get multiple
>
> SNMP Error:
> no response received
>
> Errors.  Is this because I have no SNMP server or access is blocked.  What
> port does SNMP run on?

It means either the community string you have is incorrect, or the machine
you're trying to run cfgmaker against does not have an SNMP agent on UDP
161 answering, or it's blocked by a firewall of some sort.

Those are the three most common reasons for that error.


Tony






>
> > \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/
> > I'm not running OS X, but am using MRTG on Linux and Windows.
> > By the way, I stumbled across 'Essential SNMP' from O'Reilly over the weekend.
> > Excellent introduction to SNMP which is what MRTG is all about.
> > /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /\
>
> Is this on their site (link please :^) or a book?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
>
>
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