[mrtg] Re: Bytes vs Bits - old hash

[Nicholas Berry]

We've used bits over bytes since all of the connections we sell to our
customers are in bits and it's one less thing for everyone to convert
(plus the advantage you already pointed out with leased lines).

Use the "--global" argument with cfgmaker.

Example:
  cfgmaker --global "options[_]: bits" public at router

Nicholas Berry
Systems Engineer
RagingWire Telecommunications, Inc.
nberry at ragingwire.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Rader [mailto:arader at finishline.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 1:04 PM
To: 'MRTG'
Subject: [mrtg] Bytes vs Bits - old hash



One of those pounded topics, but by default or on most of my graphs,
things
show up in either MBytes or kB/s.  I know that 12.5MBytes is 100Mbits.
Do
most of you who manage networks look at connections in Bytes?  I mean
when I
look at a 10/100 hub, I think 10Mb/100Mb hub or switch, not 1250.0
kBytes/12.5Mbytes hub or switch.

When I look at a Router with a T1, I see the serial port as 1.544 Mb not
193kBytes.

When running cfmaker, what would I put in the command line to make
everything read Mbits or Kbits?  Both the Max speed and the speed shown
under the graphs.  One reason is I have people that look at these graphs
and
understand when you talk about a 10/100 Mb hub or switch, but when they
see
Max speed 12.5MBytes, they don't understand.

Thanks


Alan Rader
Finish Line, Inc.
Network Administrator
arader at finishline.com
317-899-1022 x3529


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