Excessive network traffic -

[Bob Goodwin]

John Summerfield wrote:
> Bob Goodwin wrote:
>
>
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>> http://oss.oetiker.ch/mrtg/
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>> Can someone suggest what I need to put in the config file to view 
>> everything happening on eth0?  I have not yet put anything in config.
>
> Ah, yes. I've been meaning to install ClarkConnect to solve this very 
> issue;-) Thanx for the reminder.
>
>
> Here's a fairly old one:
> [root at magpie root]# ls -l /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root          754 Feb 23  2002 
> /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg
> [root at magpie root]# cat /etc/mrtg/mrtg.cfg
> ######################################################################
> # Multi Router Traffic Grapher -- Example Configuration File
> ######################################################################
> # This file is for use with mrtg-2.0
> #
> # Note:
> #
> # * Keywords must start at the begin of a line.
> #
> # * Lines which follow a keyword line which do start
> #   with a blank are appended to the keyword line
> #
> # * Empty Lines are ignored
> #
> # * Lines starting with a # sign are comments.
>
> # Where should the logfiles, and webpages be created?
>
> # Minimal mrtg.cfg
> #--------------------
>
> WorkDir: /var/www/html/mrtg
> #Target[r1]: 2:public at myrouter.somplace.edu
> #MaxBytes[r1]: 1250000
> #Title[r1]: Traffic Analysis
> #PageTop[r1]: <H1>Stats for our Ethernet</H1>
>
> [root at magpie root]#
>
> Used to work, it's ages since I looked at  the reports.
>
>
That's about what the config file says but the stickler is the address 
"public at myrouter.somplace.edu"

Bob Goodwin