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Date:      Sun, 7 May 2000 23:52:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net>
To:        Bryan Bunch <bryanb@walls-media.com>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MRTG / Cisco 3810
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005072351240.3204-100000@hydrant.intranova.net>
In-Reply-To: <001301bfb832$65823190$44fc4dd8@bhm.bellsouth.net>

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You can use 'cfgmaker' which comes with MRTG to walk the interfaces
again and output into a configuration file into which you can cut and
paste the appropriate interfaces into your current mrtg.cfg.

On Sun, 7 May 2000, Bryan Bunch wrote:

> Cricket can be found at:
> 
> http://www.munitions.com/~jra/cricket/
> 
> 
> Bryan
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Diana Eichert" <deichert@wrench.com>
> To: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 10:02 AM
> Subject: Re: MRTG / Cisco 3810
> 
> 
> > Take a look at Cricket, with RRDTOOL as the backend.  It will do an IfName
> > or IfDescr walk to matchup interfaces/ports to the correct ifIndex if so
> > configured.  Besides RRDTOOL is the new improved replacement for the MRTG
> > backend database.
> >
> > Search for cricket at www.sourceforge.net
> >
> > diana
> >
> > On Sat, 6 May 2000, Andrzej Bialecki wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, 5 May 2000, Ulf Zimmermann wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sat, May 06, 2000 at 07:18:11PM -0700, Paul D Kruse wrote:
> > > > > We have recently upgraded the IOS on our Cisco 3810 from 11.3 to
> 12.0.  This
> > > > > router handles our DSL connections.  The reason we upgraded the IOS
> was
> > > > > because we wanted to provide PPP access to our customers, in
> addition to the
> > > > > Bridged access we already had.  Well in the process, MRTG, which
> runs on one
> > > > > of our Free BSD boxes, quit working for the subinterfaces on this
> router.
> > > > > The upgrade of the IOS converted the Serial2.32 interface to
> ATM0.32.
> > > > > Originally, we were monitoring / graphing down to the PVC level.
> > > >
> > > > Each time you reboot a Cisco, there is the possibility that the index
> > > > numbers for SNMP change. Example:
> > >
> > > > You now run cfgmaker and configure your mrtg and everything is fine.
> > > >
> > > > Now you add Serial1/0.5 (another subinterface), it will probably
> become
> > > > index 11. But what happens when you reboot now ? The IOS will number
> > > > the interfaces again. Serial1/0.5 will become Index 6, Serial 2/0
> becomes
> > > > 7, Serial 2/0.1 becomes 8, etc.
> > >
> > > You can patch mrtg to use interface descriptions instead (that is, if
> you
> > > set them before to some unique values). They are available as part of
> the
> > > enterprise MIB.
> > >
> > > Andrzej Bialecki
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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