For live info, you can look at the tools from Fluke. There's also a free SMNP Traffic Grapher that does an MRTG type graph live... www.snmptg.com/ ..
I have links to some other tools and resources I've used at www.rasquel.com/network.html Nuzman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 5:43 PM Subject: RE: Any good method to check network overload? > >From: swin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >David Wrote: > > >This suggests that if ping times are consistently more than some value, > > >or are timing out, then the network is probably overloaded. (Pings > > >will also time out if the router is down, but you probably want to alert > > >for that, too. If you need to distinguish between the two cases, compare > > >pings OF the router with pings THROUGH the router.) > > > > What we want is an reliable way to check overload ,and we especially > >accentuate it should be reliable,this method sounds a lttle rough,indeed > >it can check if system is overload,but is it very reliable for automatic > >check?and we hope to install the check program on the server or router > >itself,if so ,is it different? > > > > Thanks for you suggestion! > > > > swin. wang > > Maybe I'm missing something, but what's wrong with using MRTG? > > http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/ > > I mean, why reinvent the wheel? > > Chris Berry > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Systems Administrator > JM Associates > > "Linux and I have a love/hate relationship. I hate its complexity until I > figure out how something works, then I love its power." > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail >
