Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 18:56:19 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Mike Nowlin <mike@argos.org> Cc: Aldrin Leal <aldrin@americasnet.com>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Math Help for IPFW :) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991217185011.20976B-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9912170235410.2534-100000@jason.argos.org>
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On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Mike Nowlin wrote: > > Sure you can use SNMP also, or instead, but if you want to do it from > > your gathered IPFW data, why not just use the byte counters rather than > > or as well as the packet counters, per rule? > > Agreed -- the reason I use SNMP is that the program which monitors this > stuff is far more involved than I let on -- actually watches lots of > different boxes (computers, routers, etc.) from a central monitoring > station. Way to go for that for sure. > Depends on how you want to do it, and what you want to watch... SNMP is > pretty hoggish, but it's universal. Agreed all round. IPFW stats can be pretty useful for single box analysis though, especially with careful (count) rule design. In retrospect, I have a lot or work to do on it yet :^) Cheers, Ian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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