Re: [cobalt-users] Traffic and Bandwidth Management

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Herby K wrote:

> look for
> 
> mrtg

Absolutely, but not for traffic passing through the machine.  mrtg works
through snmp, and requires switches that are snmp compatible.

Works great though; I just worked on an install for one of my colo
providers <smile>.  Now he can monitor my bandwidth <frown>.  The first
week it was on, he noticed one of my (W2k) machines was using 6mbps of
traffic to DOS a porno site.

That was a real dilemna: should I keep hammering the porno site to put
it out of business, or save a lot of money and bandwidth by fixing the
machine? <smile>

Of course it was a W2k machine, so the decision was made for me; it
wan't fixable <wry grin>.

Details, if anyone wants them, on various other lists on the net on
which it would be on-topic <smile>.

Jeff
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