[mrtg] Re: Is it possible?

[dbrett]

The short answer is yes.

If you have firewall, it will have to be configured to let the snmp
traffic through.  If there is any NATing happening it may be necessary to
make changes.

I would also suggest putting restrictions at the router end on who can
collect snmp information.

david

On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, shawn xu wrote:

> 
> I have MRTG running on our local network to monitor
> the  traffic on a router. One of our clients has fiber
> line to the Internet, definitely he will tell me their
> router ip address and community name.
> 
> Can my MRTG monitor go through the Internet to monitor
> his router traffic?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Shawn
> 
> 
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