Excessive network traffic -

[John Summerfield]

Bob Goodwin wrote:
> John Summerfield wrote:
>> Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------
>>>
>>> Can someone suggest what I need to put in the config file to view 
>>> everything happening on eth0?  I have not yet put anything in config.
>>
>> Ah, yes. I've been meaning to install ClarkConnect to solve this very 
>> issue;-) Thanx for the reminder.
>>
>>
>> Here's a fairly old one:
>> [root at magpie root]# ls -l /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg
>> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          754 Feb 23  2002 
>> /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg
>> [root at magpie root]# cat /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg
>> ######################################################################
>> # Multi Router Traffic Grapher -- Example Configuration File
>> ######################################################################
>> # This file is for use with mrtg-2.0
>> #
>> # Note:
>> #
>> # * Keywords must start at the begin of a line.
>> #
>> # * Lines which follow a keyword line which do start
>> #   with a blank are appended to the keyword line
>> #
>> # * Empty Lines are ignored
>> #
>> # * Lines starting with a # sign are comments.
>>
>> # Where should the logfiles, and webpages be created?
>>
>> # Minimal mrtg.cfg
>> #--------------------
>>
>> WorkDir: /var/www/html/mrtg
>> #Target[r1]: 2:public at myrouter.somplace.edu
>> #MaxBytes[r1]: 1250000
>> #Title[r1]: Traffic Analysis
>> #PageTop[r1]: <H1>Stats for our Ethernet</H1>
>>
>> [root at magpie root]#
>>
>> Used to work, it's ages since I looked at  the reports.
>>
>>
> That's about what the config file says but the stickler is the address 
> "public at myrouter.somplace.edu"
> 
> Bob Goodwin
> 
yeah, the system I quoted uses a genuine ADSL modem and pppoe. Probably, 
we could get about the same report from it, but its default IP address 
is used on a different, connected, LAN and I don't propose to fiddle 
with it.

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John

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