Traffic Monitoring status wrong

bokusogu · Post by **bokusogu** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:37 pm

I configured Hostmon to monitor traffic; Alert if >6, the unit selected is Mbits/Sec. Hostmon will alert and change to red when it detects 3.5 Mbits/sec. Am I choosing the wrong units in a 9 Mbits/Sec circuit?
Please give a primer on how to correctly monitor traffic in the following scenario:
T1
512K
768K
4 T1s
6 T1s
all frame-relay.
Thank you.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:19 pm

What version of HostMonitor do you use?
May I see test settings?
(you may export test settings into text file using menu File -> Export to text file)

Regards
Alex

bokusogu · Post by **bokusogu** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:58 am

I am using version 6.80

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:56 am

Wow, you exported 101 test item. Which one works incorrectly?
BTW: You may export single test item using "Export selected test" option

Also, as I see you are monitoring many DHCP servers using Service test method. Probably new DHCP test utility will be useful for you:
http://www.ks-soft.net/cgi-bin/phpBB/vi ... hp?p=17857

Regards
Alex

bokusogu · Post by **bokusogu** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 2:34 pm

KS-Soft wrote:Wow, you exported 101 test item. Which one works incorrectly?
BTW: You may export single test item using "Export selected test" option

Also, as I see you are monitoring many DHCP servers using Service test method. Probably new DHCP test utility will be useful for you:
http://www.ks-soft.net/cgi-bin/phpBB/vi ... hp?p=17857

Regards
Alex

This one:
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
;- HostMonitor`s export/import file -
;- Generated by HostMonitor at 8/9/2007 4:35:41 PM -
;- Source file: C:\Program Files\HostMonitor5\MidAtlantic.hml -
;- Generation mode: Selected_Tests -
;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

; ------- Test #01 -------

Method = TrafficMonitor
;--- Common properties ---
DestFolder = Root\NHO Data Center\
Title = CoLo Traffic: 10.110.78.1 Total
Comment = Interface: monitor traffic on all interfaces
RelatedURL =
ScheduleMode= Regular
Schedule = 7 Days, 24 Hours
Interval = 600
Alerts = Message, Sound
ReverseAlert= No
UnknownIsBad= Yes
WarningIsBad= Yes
UseCommonLog= Yes

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 3:46 pm

We cannot reproduce the problem.
Are you sure HostMonitor displays "Bad" status and "3.5 Mbit" in Reply field? May be it shows "Bad" status and "3.5 MB" reply?

If options located on Misc page in the Options dialog tells HostMonitor always use KB/MB units, then HostMonitor shows reply in MB units even if you chose Mbit units in Test Properties dialog.
In other words HostMonitor may use Mbits for comparision and MB for Reply field.
That's normal behaviour. You may set another options:
- Display traffic using Kbit / Mbit units
- Select units considering test settings (threshold value)

Regards
Alex