check_traffic help please

icedtea icedtea at gamebox.net
Sat Oct 23 13:04:49 CEST 2004


Andreas Ericsson wrote:

> icedtea wrote:
>
>> I would like to use the check_traffic plugin. but im not sure bout 
>> what the -i ( Interface number assigned by SNMP agent) meant. where 
>> can i get this interface number?
>
>
> snmpwalk -v 1 -c <community> <target-host> .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2 -Oqn
> This will print a bunch of strings looking something like this (taken 
> from a Cisco 1605R);
> .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.1 Ethernet0
> .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.2 Ethernet1
> .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.3 Null0
> .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.4 Loopback0
> .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.5 Tunnel1
>
> The first part is the OID. The second part is the interface description.
> The last section (the part after the last dot) of the OID is the 
> interface index number. This is what you need to pass to check_traffic.
>
> Note that on some particularly evil devices, the interface index 
> number can change after a reboot. If you get some really weird values, 
> this might be the case for you.
>
==========

I get the following after I issued the command:


[root at hostname libexec]# snmpwalk -v 1 -c public -H hostname  
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2 -Oqn
Configuration directives understood:
  In snmpwalk.conf and snmpwalk.local.conf:
    includeRequested (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    printStatistics (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    dontCheckOrdering (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
  In snmp.conf and snmp.local.conf:
    doDebugging     (1|0)
    debugTokens     token[,token...]
    logTimestamp    (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    mibdirs         [mib-dirs|+mib-dirs]
    mibs            [mib-tokens|+mib-tokens]
    mibfile         mibfile-to-read
    showMibErrors   (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    strictCommentTerm (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    mibAllowUnderline (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    mibWarningLevel integerValue
    mibReplaceWithLatest (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    printNumericEnums (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    printNumericOids (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    escapeQuotes    (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    dontBreakdownOids (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    quickPrinting   (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    numericTimeticks (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    oidOutputFormat integerValue
    suffixPrinting  integerValue
    extendedIndex   (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    printHexText    (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    printValueOnly  (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    dumpPacket      (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    reverseEncodeBER (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    defaultPort     integerValue
    defCommunity    string
    noTokenWarnings (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    noRangeCheck    (1|yes|true|0|no|false)
    defSecurityModel string
    defSecurityName string
    defContext      string
    defPassphrase   string
    defAuthPassphrase string
    defPrivPassphrase string
    defVersion      1|2c|3
    defAuthType     MD5|SHA
    defPrivType     DES (AES support not available)
    defSecurityLevel noAuthNoPriv|authNoPriv|authPriv
  In snmpapp.conf and snmpapp.local.conf:
    engineID        string
    engineIDType    num
    engineIDNic     string


where is the interface number here?

thanks



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