Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:18:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com> To: The Psychotic Viper <psyv@sec-it.net> Cc: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>, ann kok <annkok2001@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: check bandwidth traffic Message-ID: <20011025161751.P96760-100000@teak.adhesivemedia.com> In-Reply-To: <20011026010456.G36042-100000@lucifer.fuzion.ath.cx>
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You could also install SNMP on your machine and then just collect traffic on your NIC card... that's what I do... -philip On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, The Psychotic Viper wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > > > > I know the the following software can check the > > > network traffic > > > http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/ > > > > > > but how do I know the nearest cisco router? > > > > It's your default gateway (if it is a Cisco I can't tell, but it's > > the nearest router). netstat -r will tell you what it is. > Not always, he could be behind a NAT or Bridge and that would then be his > route in some/most cases (all if its a NAT). Best would be to traceroute > and nmap or passiveos scan each of the first few links till you turn up a > positive or just ask the network connectivity person. You may have to > anyways to get the authorization and maybe public strings to get mrtg > working (because not all strings are remotely obtainable, least in a > Perfect World). > > HTH > PsyV > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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