looking for a way to check a networkcard without using snmp

[Arno Lehmann]

Hi,

On 11/20/2006 9:22 PM, ralf.prengel at comline.de wrote:
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> 
> Hallo,
> 
> I m looking for a way to check a networkcard without using snmp.
> I searched using keywords like traffic, nic, load and network card but 
> no hits.

Difficult.
SNMP is the way to go IMO. Other than that, I know that rtmon exists but 
never used it. O linux you've also got ifconfig which displays basic 
traffic statistics.

You could wrap these into a nagios plugin of course.

Arno

> 
> Has anyone a hint?
> 
> Thanks
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