[rtg] 64 bit question about GigE links

[John Von Essen]

That was it, the I forgot about the different OID, I was just adding 64.

I'll give it a try now. I rather stay with 5min polling and 64bit on my 
GigE link with all other links at 32bit.

Thanks
John

On Jun 10, 2008, at 1:23 PM, Dierlam, Andy David wrote:

> When you say you changed to 64 bits, how did you change that ?
> There are different OIDs for 32bit & 64bits counters.  Is that what 
> you changed in your target file ?
> Also, how often are you polling the interface ?  if every 5 minutes, 
> you may want to change to 2, maybe the counters are wrapping b4 the 
> next 5 min poll.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
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> 	Subject: Re: [rtg] 64 bit question about GigE links
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> 	Quick followup. I changed my Gigabit interface to 64 bit about an hour
> 	a go, restarted rtgpoll, and now I see the attached graph (png image).
> 	The bandwidth graph dropped down to around 24Mbps from 80Mbps or so.
> 	Its been reading 24Mbps for awhile now, but that is not valid, it
> 	should be in the 74Mbps area - when I do a "sh int GigabitEthernet 
> 3/8"
> 	on my 6509, its reporting 74Mbps.
>
> 	Any ideas as to what is causing this skewed graph following the change
> 	from 32 to 63 bits?
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