.
ad infinitum.
-D
p.s. Mind you, tcpdump could filter out the monitoring machine :)
-Original Message-
From: Koroush Saraf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 15 October 2002 03:47
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Monitor IP Traffic from many BSD computers
I have a pool of bsd computers
A nice solution which I make use is:
a) install a SNMPD client on every box
/usr/ports/net/net-snmp
b) change the community string to something else than `public`
c) create sample config file for snmpd
d) install MRTG
/usr/ports/net/mrtg
e) Configure MRTG to be daemon and query every 5
If you intend to send the captured packets to the console host via the
same interface they were captured from this will multipy the network load
tremendously. And if you also have the console host do the same this too
will likely cause your network to become overloaded sending the packets
captur
I have a pool of bsd computers, connected together via an ethernet switch.
I like to monitor the traffic that is exchanged between all the computers,
and capture and display them on a console computer. Since I'm using a
switch, I will not be able to see the traffic and also the switch is a 3com
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