When I do "spew", it is for the benefit of others:
That being said, I refer to my earlier comments. Yes, MRTG will work. The
poster asked for an application to measure total bandwidth from three
different physical machines. Yes, he is interested in a particular
application, but he specifically mentioned the "total" bandwidth. To
measure the application's use of the available bandwidth will require
products like "Packeteer" or "Ethereal" and others that show applications
(ports) usage of the available bandwidth.
Beyond that, MRTG can be used for any SNMP data collected over a period of
time to be analyzed. The SNMP mibs for the device you are monitoring need to
support what it is you are trying to capture and then you just need to know
some PERL to create custom uses for this versatile tool. Depending on the
application he is talking about, there may be a MIB that can be used to
monitor the application output. I admit that this is a stretch, but
nonetheless, it is possible.
There, I have added yet another to my "spews" for the day. :-)
Lance
----- Original Message -----
From: "Devdas Bhagat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: bandwidth
> On Thu, 10 May 2001, Lance Ecklesdafer spewed into the ether:
> > I would use MRTG for this. The product is free and easy to use and
setup.
> Won't work. You need data only for a particular application. If the
> total b/w is to be measured, then mrtg will be useful.
> Devdas Bhagat
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