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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>mrtg will give you want you want. you can even give
it a switch model and ip address and it will automatically generate a graph for
each port on the switch. we have used it here for ages and it fits the bill -
it's free.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=techguy@gmail.com href="mailto:techguy@gmail.com">TechGuy</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=cisco-voip@puck.nether.net
href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 05, 2006 6:04
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [cisco-voip] OT: Monitoring Lan
Switch Ports ?</DIV>
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<DIV>I know this is a bit off topic, but I am looking to hear from others as
to what they do if anything in regards to monitoring the LAN, specifically
bandwidth usage down to specific ports. I was asked to get an idea of
what sort of bandwidth usage a department in the company utilizes. The
reason is they are looking at moving this department to a new off site
building. We wanted to get an idea of what sort of bandwidth we may need
to get for them. </DIV>
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<DIV>So the idea was to monitor the port usage of each individual on the
catalyst switch. However I am just not finding a very good way to do
this with the few tools I have and with the switch being a Sup 2 with set
based commands which I am not as familiar with. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I thought maybe SNMP could come in handy here with the right application
to monitor this but I am unsure what are some of the better options out
there.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks in advance and looking forward to hearing suggestions.</DIV>
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