Date: Sat, 6 May 2000 09:02:46 -0600 (MDT) From: Diana Eichert <deichert@wrench.com> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MRTG / Cisco 3810 Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10005060859140.28437-100000@inago.swcp.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0005061520570.78514-100000@mx.webgiro.com>
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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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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