[Nagiosplug-help] check_traffic - please help

[Chris Goosen]

Errm.. I am now I am confused..

What I would like to do it the following: 
I am currently monitoring many wan links (routers) and I would like to
know more about them (a simple ping just tells me that they are up!) I
figured if I use check_traffic it would tell me what the traffic looks
like on the link. I thought that I would follow the instructions and get
it going, if I use only ./check_traffic, that works but how do I they
get it to do that I need in the nagios interface?

Sorry, but I am a bit of a newbie with nagios, I got it working fine,
but now I need to do more advanced things.

Thanks again

Chris
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Andreas Ericsson [mailto:ae at op5.se] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 2:42 PM
To: Chris Goosen
Cc: nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Nagiosplug-help] check_traffic - please help

Chris Goosen wrote:
> Hello all..
>  
> was wondering if someone could help me with a problem, I am trying to 
> install check_traffic, i have followed the instructions, when i run 
> the make-config command i get the following:
>  

Don't use the make-config option for check_traffic. It's a simple
perl-script that fetches interface data via snmp. Having it use any kind
of make-config is seriously ridiculuos.

Just run check_traffic --help and you should be just fine.

> [root at mybox check_traffic]# ./make-config
> Timeout: No Response from localhost
> Number of Interfaces found: 0
> 
> if I do a ifconfig:
> [root at mybox check_traffic]# ifconfig
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:29:6F:14:F5
>           inet addr:172.16.128.208  Bcast:172.16.128.255 
> Mask:255.255.255.0
>           EtherTalk Phase 2 addr:65280/125
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:73819 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:34506 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0
>           RX bytes:7634489 (7.2 Mb)  TX bytes:5056354 (4.8 Mb)
>  
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           EtherTalk Phase 2 addr:0/0
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:1354 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:1354 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0
>           RX bytes:98622 (96.3 Kb)  TX bytes:98622 (96.3 Kb)
> 
> I dont know where to turn or where to go from here, any help will be 
> greatly appreciated
>  
> thanks
>  
> Chris
>  
> 

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