[mrtg] How to config to measure the broadband traffic ( 3 Static IP address range and 1 IP gateway ) ?

Edward S.P. Leung edwardspl.mo at gmail.com
Mon Nov 22 10:41:31 CET 2010


Hello,

For point 1, how to enable the ADSL machine has SNMP function ?
For point 5, how can we config the command line ?
( there are 3 of fixed ip address and 1 of gateway Ip address about the
Broadband service.... )

Thanks !

Edward.

2010/11/22 Craig Humphrey <Craig.Humphrey at chapmantripp.com>

>  Hi Edward,
>
>
>
> Well, each broadband router can be different, but the basic steps are:
>
>
>
> 1.    Ensure your broadband router has SNMP turned on and that you know
> the “community” name (usually “public”)
>
> 2.    Have a web server installed and running on the PC/Server that will
> run MRTG.
>
> 3.    Make sure you have Perl installed (if you’re using a Microsoft
> Windows based PC/Server, then ActiveState Perl<http://www.activestate.com/activeperl>is a good start)
>
> 4.    Make sure that you have MRTG installed (the official MRTG
> instructions <http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/doc/index.en.html> are a good
> place to start)
>
> 5.    Use the MRTG script “cfgmaker<http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/doc/cfgmaker.en.html>”
> to scan your broadband router for its network ports. Most likely, it will
> have at least two, one for broadband and one for your internal network.
> (Note: if it has an on-board multiport switch, this may appear as multiple
> ports, or [as in the case of my Netgear router!] a single port.
> You’ll want to point the output at a folder that is being served up by your
> webserver.
>
> 6.    You may like to use the MRTG script “indexmaker<http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/doc/indexmaker.en.html>”
> to make a pretty index page of the ports that you’re monitoring.
>
> 7.    Run MRTG <http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/doc/mrtg.en.html> manually a
> couple of times to make sure there are no errors. Don’t forget to check that
> you can get to the pages on your website.
>
> 8.    Run MRTG as a service/daemon.  Refer to the MRTG docs<http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/doc/index.en.html>on the best way to do this for your PC/Server (unix is easy, Windows
> requires a little effort)
>
> 9.    You’re done.
>
>
>
> Note: if the PC/Server that is running MRTG goes down, then you’ll end up
> with blanks/straight lines in your graphs. Also watch out for routers that
> lose their SNMP settings when they are rebooted (like mine Netgear, grrrr)
>
>
>
> Any other issues, read the great online documentation and if you’re still
> stuck, post to this mailing list.
>
>
>
> Later’ish
> Craig
>
> [feeling overly helpful today]
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Edward S.P. Leung [mailto:edwardspl.mo at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, 22 November 2010 4:32 p.m.
> *To:* Craig Humphrey
> *Cc:* mrtg at lists.oetiker.ch
> *Subject:* Re: [mrtg] How to config to measure the boardband traffic ( 3
> Static IP address range and 1 IP gateway ) ?
>
>
>
> Hello Craig,
>
>
>
> I want to measure the total traffic...
>
> So, how to point MRTG at ADSL machine and ensure it picks up the port
> carrying the broadband traffic ?
>
>
>
> Thanks !
>
>
>
> Edward.
>
> 2010/11/22 Craig Humphrey <Craig.Humphrey at chapmantripp.com>
>
> Hi Edward,
>
>
>
> If you’re wanting to measure your total traffic, then just point MRTG at
> your broadband router and ensure it picks up the port carrying the broadband
> traffic.
>
>
>
> If you’re wanting to measure the traffic per IP, then you’ll need some
> other tool (like ntop say) which looks at individual IPs.
>
>
>
> Hope that helps.
>
>
>
> Later’ish
>
> Craig
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* mrtg-bounces+craig.humphrey=chapmantripp.com at lists.oetiker.ch[mailto:
> mrtg-bounces+craig.humphrey <mrtg-bounces%2Bcraig.humphrey>=
> chapmantripp.com at lists.oetiker.ch] *On Behalf Of *Edward S.P. Leung
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 17 November 2010 9:00 p.m.
> *To:* mrtg at lists.oetiker.ch
> *Subject:* [mrtg] How to config to measure the boardband traffic ( 3
> Static IP address range and 1 IP gateway ) ?
>
>
>
> Dear All,
>
>
>
> Would you mind to help ?
>
> Any hints ?
>
>
>
> Thanks !
>
>
>
> Edward.
>
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