RE: Any good method to check network overload?

["Chris Berry" <compjma () hotmail com>]

> From: swin <swin () student dlut edu cn>
> 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
compjma () hotmail com
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."

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