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MRTG and Bandwidth Utilization

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by jericho

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Are there any scripts/programs out there that will send out notification/alerts based on info that MRTG outputs? I'm using MRTG to monitor traffic on my Internet T1 link. I'd like to get notified when inbound or outbound traffic reaches a certain threshold (so I can maintain performance for my users). If not, are there any tools out there (free preferred!) that will do this for me?

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by cybergod

You can write some scripts using shell or perl to read MRTG status files. If you need more help email me.

by mckaytech

If you go to http://www.wtcs.org/Snmp4tpc/default.htm and follow the link to threshold monitoring, you can find information on extending your MRTG to include threshold monitoring and notification.

There is also a program called NetSaint that is somewhat similar to MRTG but seems to have more support for threshold monitoring and reporting. You can find information at www.netsaint.org.

paul

by william shipway

I've used BigBrother for this - http://bb4.com/

It's great for all-round monitoring and has some paging capabilities built in, but is easy to modify to your needs. When I checked last it runs on common Unix platforms and Windows NT/2000.

Check the license conditions but I believe it is generally free to use as long as you are not selling its monitoring services to others.

HTH
William

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