Re: Any good method to check network overload?

["Nuzman" <nuzman () shreve net>]

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" <compjma () hotmail com>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 5:43 PM
Subject: RE: Any good method to check network overload?


> > 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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