Excessive network traffic -

[Bob Goodwin]

Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 11:33 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>   
>> /usr/bin/cfgmaker
>> Usage:
>>     cfgmaker [options] [community@]router [[options]
>> [community@]router ...]
>>
>>
>> I can probably muddle through the options with a few trials but I am 
>> lost  with "community@]router"
>>
>> My router is known only as 192.168.1.1 but I'm looking at the output
>> of the Wildblue receiver/modem and don't know how to address this
>> except as eth0 on box10, the computer in which mrtg resides. 
>>     
>
> A very brief synopsis:
>
> "Router" in the "community at router" string being the address of the
> router, if you were going to have MRTG plot traffic through a router.
> The "community" part being the name for the group of SNMP information
> provided from the router.
>
> In my case, it's public at router, as the router is making some information
> about it's operation available, when asked for the "public" data.  I set
> up the configuration file by running the cfgmaker command followed by
> the public at router string.  Then did a bit of tweaking to the
> configuration file it created for me (some things didn't work, there was
> some duplication, and I wanted to customise things).
>
> On more elaborate gear, it might have one set of data available to
> anybody who queries public at router, and other information might be
> available with a different community name.
>
> If your router isn't accessible by a hostname, then use the IP, or add
> information to your resolver to allow the hostname to be associated with
> the IP (could be done using the hosts file, or DNS).
>
>   

Ok, but I am not trying to look at the router output I need an address 
for the Wildblue supplied receiver/modem device and I don't know hos to 
address that or even find it's address.

If I do an ifconfig it just gives me the address of the computer and a 
hardware address which I assume is the ethernet NIC.  But  none of this 
pertains to the Wildblue "modem."

I am lost ...

IPTraf is happy with root at box10, could that be where I need to tell mrtg 
to go?  I just want to view all the data on eth0.

Bob Goodwin