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MRTG graphs are in bytes instead of bits

list Stephen Carville Xymon List
Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:30:01 -0700
Message-Id: <user-36d99fd79996@xymon.invalid>

On 4/25/19 3:58 PM, Jeremy Laidman wrote:
Stephen, not sure what this has to do with Xymon.
I followed the instructions here:

http://xymon.sourceforge.net/xymon/help/xymon-mrtg.html

From that it looks to me like mrtg gathers the data, puts in in the rrd
file, then XYMon invokes rrdtool to create the graphs.  I was hoping
there was something I overlooked -- and someone else can see -- in the
config that would explain the difference.

Not really a big deal.  It may be better to just divorce mrtg and XYMon.
 Or I could rewrite the "broken" parts of cricket so it works on a 64
bits.  I just liked the idea of it all being in one place.
On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 at 03:01, Stephen Carville (xymon list) <
user-6ec031efcf79@xymon.invalid> wrote:
I started using mrtg to graph traffic over a 1 Gbps point-to-point link
to a DR site. It is currently being monitored using cricket. When
comparing the mrtg graph to the cricket graphs, the mrtg graph seems to
be in bytes/second instead of bits/second. The y-axis label says
bits/second but the values are way to small.

This is the configuration for the switch port.

## CA to AZ P2P
Directory[mrtg.ca-coresw.gi_1_1_1]: ca2az-p2p.lereta.net
Target[mrtg.ca-coresw.gi_1_1_1]: 1:user-f79b8098fe3e@xymon.invalid
Options[mrtg.ca-coresw.gi_1_1_1]: bits
Title[mrtg.ca-coresw.gi_1_1_1]: P2P to AZ
MaxBytes[mrtg.ca-coresw.gi_1_1_1]: 125000000

I haven't used mrtg in years so I may be just screwing up the
configuration.  Any help is appreciated.

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Stephen Carville