On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 11:33 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > /usr/bin/cfgmaker > Usage: > cfgmaker [options] [community@]router [[options] > [community@]router ...] > > > I can probably muddle through the options with a few trials but I am > lost with "community@]router" > > My router is known only as 192.168.1.1 but I'm looking at the output > of the Wildblue receiver/modem and don't know how to address this > except as eth0 on box10, the computer in which mrtg resides. A very brief synopsis: "Router" in the "community@router" string being the address of the router, if you were going to have MRTG plot traffic through a router. The "community" part being the name for the group of SNMP information provided from the router. In my case, it's public@router, as the router is making some information about it's operation available, when asked for the "public" data. I set up the configuration file by running the cfgmaker command followed by the public@router string. Then did a bit of tweaking to the configuration file it created for me (some things didn't work, there was some duplication, and I wanted to customise things). On more elaborate gear, it might have one set of data available to anybody who queries public@router, and other information might be available with a different community name. If your router isn't accessible by a hostname, then use the IP, or add information to your resolver to allow the hostname to be associated with the IP (could be done using the hosts file, or DNS). -- (This computer runs FC7, my others run FC4, FC5 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
