[rrd-users] problem with a network interface counter

[Geoff Garside]

7600 series routers definitely support 64-bit counters, or at least  
the ones I've been collecting from do.

Regards,
Geoff

On 6 Oct 2008, at 15:06, Shahar Fleischman wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the quick response, this is a cisco 7600 router I will  
> check
> the mib if it has a 64 bit counter.
>
> Shahar.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoff Garside [mailto:geoff.garside at openhosting.co.uk]
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 1:40 PM
> To: Shahar Fleischman
> Cc: rrd-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> Subject: Re: [rrd-users] problem with a network interface counter
>
> Does your router support 64bit counters? I believe they are
>
> In Octets: 1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.6
> Out Octets: 1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.10
>
> this sounds like the interface is doing a lot of traffic and therefor
> overflowing the maximum 32-bit value of a normal SNMP Counter. It
> depends what collector you are using how you would overcome this so
> check the docs for your collector.
>
> Regards,
> Geoff
>
> On 6 Oct 2008, at 12:18, Shahar Fleischman wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a router that one of its interfaces is zeroed in less than a
>> minute (its counter get zeroed at 4GB) and I get really weird
>> results in
>> the graphs, it shows less than what it should show.
>> I query the router every minute with crontab.
>> How can I overcome this, or am I doing anything wrong ?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
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