[mrtg] how to configure MRTG with a dynamic IP address

[McDonald, Dan]

On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 23:38 +1100, Begum Bolu wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I have a modem-router(Huawei E960) which sets up the IP addresses
> dynamically. A pc that boots up first gets 192.168.1.100 and second
> gets x.x.x.101 and so on. i only know how to setup monitoring network
> traffic by using the ip address of the pc at the time of the
> configuration. that works fine till the rest of the day but makes an
> issue after shut down and the bootup order of the Pcs is changed.
> Basically it doesnt graph any traffic after the ip address is changed


Use dynamic dns, and then use the dns name in cfgmaker.


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Daniel J McDonald, CCIE # 2495, CISSP # 78281, CNX
www.austinenergy.com
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