Traffic tests

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Kris
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Traffic tests

Post by Kris »

Hi,

I am a bit confused about the network traffic tests (again) .
In the help file I found the following line:

"Note #1: even though you specify traffic (or errors) limit in Kb/sec, Mb/min, etc, it doesn't mean that HostMonitor will check network interface every second or every minute. It checks the device by specified schedule and then calculates average traffic between 2 consecutive probes."

Average per what time unit? Per second?

If I test every minute, and in a given minute there was 60Mbit of traffic generated, would the result be 1Mbit?

Thanks!
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Post by KS-Soft »

Average per what time unit? Per second?
Depends on your settings. When you setup test you can choose KB/sec, KB/min, MB/sec, MB/min...
If I test every minute, and in a given minute there was 60Mbit of traffic generated, would the result be 1Mbit?
If you setup test using Mbit/sec option then yes, HostMonitor will show "1.00 Mbit" reply value.
If you setup test using Kbit/min option then HostMonitor will show "61440 Kbit" reply value.

Also, check options located on Misc page in HostMonitor Options dialog
- Display traffic using KB / MB units
- Display traffic using Kbit / Mbit units
- Select units considering test settings (threshold value)

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Post by Kris »

KS-Soft wrote:Depends on your settings. When you setup test you can choose KB/sec, KB/min, MB/sec, MB/min...
Do you mean that the "Alert if" settings determine how the average is calculated?
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Yes
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Post by Kris »

Hmmmm... that 's weird.

I have Traffic test on an outside interface of a firewall, all setup in Mbit/sec.
It measures averages of 45Mbit up to 300Mbit and above....

On a 10Mbit Internet connection....
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HostMonitor version?
Can we get SNMP access to your device?

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Post by Kris »

HM Version 9.90

I'm afraid I cannot give you access to our firewalls :)

However, I will send you the make and model in a PM.

EDIT: I will not, since PM is disabled.
I will email you.
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Post by KS-Soft »

So device does not return wrong value all the time, just once or twice a month ago?
We checked our code, looks fine and works fine checking thousand systems.

You may setup 5 SNMP Get tests with full logging to private log file and send log to us if problem occurs again.
Check the following counters
1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.6.3
1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.10.3
1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.10.3
1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.16.3
1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0

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Post by Kris »

It looks like it reports too high values all the time (compared to the actual Internet bandwidth), but with some extremely high peaks at random.

I'll set up the test and let you know how it goes.

UPDATE:
Oid 1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.6.3 and 1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.10.3 are not available.
The others are running....


Thanks for your help so far!
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