Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 23:05:01 +0300 (EEST) From: BigBrother <bigbrother@bonbon.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Monitor IP Traffic from many BSD computers Message-ID: <20021015230135.R212-100000@bigb3server.bbcluster.gr>
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A nice solution which I make use is: a) install a SNMPD client on every box /usr/ports/net/net-snmp b) change the community string to something else than `public` c) create sample config file for snmpd d) install MRTG /usr/ports/net/mrtg e) Configure MRTG to be daemon and query every 5 minutes the SNMPD on all the boxes. f) If u like security :) use firewall to protect the SNMP port! ------------------------------ I am using this setup on my local cluster. It works nicely! p.s. Of course if u like something more thatn measuring bandwidth then u can run a sniffer on every machine and forward the results to a main server, or u could capture the packets in raw form in a file and another workstation to be used to analyze these packets. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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