Use MRTG.If you run the utility "cfgmaker" that comes with MRTG, and point it toward the NT box, it will gather all the correct data to monitor the bandwidth usage via SNMP. Then run "indexmaker" to make the index.html file that will display the updated bandwidth graphs. Then add the executable string for mrtg to your crontab so that it runs every five minutes.
Or, buy a management switch, as somebody already mentioned. I'm a big Foundry Networks fan, but that's just me.
Eric Jennings Loopshot, LLC
Can anyone shed any light on how to configure NT SNMP to find out how much bandwidth these servers (and web sites if possible) are consuming? We just got stuck with three servers, two of them NT one Mandrake, that we had to colocate in our facility. We would like to be able to monitor the specific bandwidth these machines are using. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-isp-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org