It's actually fairly easy to take the output of netstat -inb and put it into rrdtool. If you grep Link out of netstat -inb you get in and out packets and bytes, and you get error counters as well.
My $0.02 --eli In reply to Larry Sica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > This is a multipart message in MIME format > > --50318887-POCO-84516347 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Tue, 21 May 2002 14:58:22 +0300, Ivailo Tanusheff wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Can you tell me a way to collect per network interface statistic= > on > >my FreeBSD box? > >At this moment I'm using IPFilter accounting to collect needed > >information, but I think this way I'm collecting only= > information > >related to tcp, udp and icmp traffic. My purpose is to= > visualize > >this data in MRTG. > > > > You could capture traffic via tcpdump. I think MRTG can read= > tcpdump > output. I am going by memory right now though so some research= > would > be helpful. > > > > > -- Larry > > > Larry Sica > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --50318887-POCO-84516347 > Content-Type: text/html > Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable > > <HTML><HEAD> > <BASEFONT FACE=3D"Arial" SIZE=3D"2" COLOR=3D"#000000"> > </HEAD> > <BODY> > <div>On Tue, 21 May 2002 14:58:22 +0300, Ivailo Tanusheff= > wrote:<br> > <FONT COLOR=3D"#000080">>Hi,</FONT><br> > <FONT COLOR=3D"#000080">></FONT><br> > <FONT COLOR=3D"#000080">>Can you tell me a way to collect per= > network interface statistic on</FONT><br> > <FONT COLOR=3D"#000080">>my FreeBSD box?</FONT><br> > <FONT COLOR=3D"#000080">>At this moment I'm using IPFilter= > accounting to collect needed</FONT><br> > <FONT COLOR=3D"#000080">>information, but I think this way I'm= > collecting only information</FONT><br> > <FONT COLOR=3D"#000080">>related to tcp, udp and icmp traffic.= > My purpose is to visualize</FONT><br> > <FONT COLOR=3D"#000080">>this data in MRTG.</FONT><br> > <FONT COLOR=3D"#000080">></FONT><br></div> > <div> </div> > <FONT COLOR=3D"#000080"></FONT><div>You could capture traffic via= > tcpdump. I think MRTG can read tcpdump output. I am= > going by memory right now though so some research would be= > helpful. <br></div> > <div> </div> > <div><br> > <br> > <br></div> > <div>-- Larry<br></div> > <div> </div> > <div> </div> > <div>Larry Sica<br></div> > <div> [EMAIL PROTECTED]<br></div> > <div> </div> > </body></html> > > --50318887-POCO-84516347-- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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