[mrtg] Re: OT Bandwithd

[Matthew Petach]

--- Alfred Payne <alfred at tcsn.co.za> wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
> 
> Am I allowed to post questions
> regarding another bandwidth
> monitoring tool that I'm running
> on my Linux box called "bandwidthd"?
> 
> if "yes" then
>     
>     What I want to know is,if my monitoring box
>     is just another node in the network i.e all
traffic
>     does not necessarily route through or past
it,can
>     I expect reliable traffic reports?My interface
is
>     in promiscuous mode,but I'm not sure if I'm
scoring
>     all the traffic;
> 
> else
> 
>     Apologies for wasting your time;
> 
> -A
> 

Short answer is that no, you can't count on seeing all
the
traffic that way, unless your network consists of an
entirely
flat topology, eg all hosts plug into a common hub
(not a 
switch).

Matt

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