Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] Link monitoring / CACTI

[Kari M. <kar...@tr...>]

Matthew Hattersley wrote:
> Snmp monitoring could be the easiest. We also put bin versions of bwm
> and iperf on our DL boxes.
> 
> Iperf, to generate ip traffic, bwm to watch interfaces in realtime.
> 
> In order to graph the interfaces cacti is probably the easiest software
> to setup rather than writing your own RRD or MRTG scripts.

I have heard many really good news about Cacti.
Would it be an easy/good addition to DL?

> Cheers
> 
> Mat
> 

> Hi,
> 
> I have a devil linux box either side of a wireless link which is used to
> connect 2 offices. Can anyone tell me if there is a simple way to
> monitor the speed of the link between the 2 routers?
> 
> Am a bit of a newbie so the easiest solution wins!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ross