octets are the same as bytes. To convert it to bits per second just add the option "bits" to that section of the config file. All that does is multiply it times 8. Bill Dunn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Giovanni Navarrette" <gio@uslink.net> To: <usr-tc@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 2:41 PM Subject: [USR-TC] Monitor ethernet bandwidth on hiperarc with MRTG? Hi everyone - I've got a question that I'm guessing has been answered, but I haven't been able to find in the archives or on the net. Maybe someone can point me in the right direction... Does anyone know the MIB for monitoring bandwidth on the eth:1 interface for a hiperarc? The closest one I've found is 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.16.3, which is "the total number of octets trasmitted out the given interface, including framing characters". Not exactly what I'm looking for. If I poll that I get the number of octets its outout, but when I monitor the hiperarc with a program like Solarwinds's Bandwidth Monitor, I get the in/out kbits per sec usage. Thats what I'd like to get on an MRTG page... Do I need to writeup a script that would poll it once a second, 2 times, subtract the 2 figures to get the difference (which would be number of octets in that one second), then that would be my bytes per second transferred outbound and use that? Thanks for ya time, have a g'day. - ------------------------------------------ Giovanni Navarrette USLink Internet Systems Administrator e-Mail: gio@uslink.net _______________________________________________ USR-TC mailing list USR-TC@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usr-tc