check_traffic help please

Gerd Mueller gmueller at netways.de
Sun Oct 24 12:25:48 CEST 2004


Hi icetea,

I wrote a  small little script:
http://www.nagiosexchange.org/SNMP_if_Traffic.1898.0.html

Maybe it fits better to your needs.

Gerd

Am Sa, den 23.10.2004 schrieb icedtea um 13:04:
> 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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