[Nagiosplug-help] check_traffic - please help

[Andreas Ericsson]

Chris Goosen wrote:
> Errm.. I am now I am confused..
> 
> What I would like to do it the following: 
> I am currently monitoring many wan links (routers) and I would like to
> know more about them (a simple ping just tells me that they are up!) I
> figured if I use check_traffic it would tell me what the traffic looks
> like on the link.

It will tell you how much traffic passes, not what it looks like. Look 
into ntop if you want traffic analysis.

> I thought that I would follow the instructions and get
> it going, if I use only ./check_traffic, that works but how do I they
> get it to do that I need in the nagios interface?
> 

A classical case of RTFM. You want the section about how services and 
checkcommands interrelates.

> Sorry, but I am a bit of a newbie with nagios, I got it working fine,
> but now I need to do more advanced things.
> 

The documentation is very extensive and will provide answers to your 
questions.

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