[mrtg] Re: OT Bandwithd

[Alfred Payne]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Petach" <mpetach at yahoo.com>
To: "Alfred Payne" <alfred at tcsn.co.za>; <mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 7:07 PM
Subject: [mrtg] Re: OT Bandwithd


> 
> --- 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
> 

Because of ARP request I figure....
If I can fool all my hosts into 
thinking that I'm the "default gateway"
it would be a different story,right?

Alf

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