[nos-bbs] SNMP in jnos?

[Mark Phillips]

Yep, MRTG was kinda where I was going with this.

I reckon if you are left to scripting then MRTG could provide you with
all sorts of useful traffic graphs. How much mail came in? How many
users connected? etc.

Mark


On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 12:15 -0400, Jay Nugent wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Maiko Langelaar (ve4klm) wrote:
> 
> > Hi Mark and group,
> > 
> > > Is there any SNMP in JNOS ?
> > 
> > Nope, although there is reference to SNMP MIB variables in the IP code,
> > for statistics and control (RFC 1066), but no actual SNMP services.
> > 
> > > Although there is a I've been playing with MRTG and it occurs to me
> > > that I could also graph my JNOS box.
> > 
> > The only thing you could graph regarding JNOS would be the stats for
> > the TUN/SLIP interface that runs between JNOS and its linux or mac host,
> > and you would do that by running SNMP on the linux or mac side of that
> > interface.
> 
>    You *can* use FINGER to gather a lot of information remotely.  Finger
> supports the following specific querries:
>  
> ?,A,B,C,CONV,D,E,F,H,I,IH,IP,J,K,L,M,O,P,PI,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Z >
> f help at hamgate.washtenaw.ampr.org
> Trying...  The escape character is: CTRL-T
> *** connected to 44.102.1.1:finger
> Available finger pseudo-users:
> help iheard mbxinfo mstat mpast users usersdat info
> ax25 aheard memstat socket tcpview asystat pkstat
> conf links
> 
>    help    == the report you see above
>    iheard  == IP jheard list
>    mbxinfo ==  displays the MOTD.TXT file
>    mstat   == Memory usage and system uptime
>    mpast   == who has logged on since the last reboot
>    users   == who is currently logged on (and what are they doing)
>    usersdat == lists how each user has last logged in and when 
>    info    == what services were compiled into the NOS executable
>    ax25    == shows currect AX.25 File Control Block (FCB) info
>    aheard  == just like JUST HEARD (stations heard via AX.25)
>    memstat == kernel memory statistics
>    socket  == shows status of listening sockets
>    tcpview == current TCP connection status
>    asystat == serial port configuration and usage information
>    pkstat  == shows ethernet packet driver statistics
>    conf    == shows who is logged on the CONV bridge at this node
>    links   == shows who this box has CONV links to
>    <callsign> == connection data about a specific user
> 
> 
>    Once every hour I querry each and every Hamgate (core router) and most 
> of our Key Stations in the Michigan AMPRnet.  This data is 'processed' 
> using simple Unix shell scripts and output into a browsable report.
> 
>    See:  http://monitor.nuge.com/~medn/network.html
> 
> 
>    You will see that we track what nodes have established CONVerse links
> to one another.  We also track what nodes are pingable, how much core
> memory they have remaining (usefull on DOS-based boxes), and how long
> since the last reboot.  This allows us at a glance to know what nodes are
> down or having problems -- and get them repaired ASAP.  And by monitoring
> the entire network we *KNOW* that's it's going to work when we need it :)
> 
>    Finger the report you want then process it through a couple grep's and
> awk's and you've got some interesting reports!  Not as easy as SNMP, but
> if you are handy with shell scripting you can produce some usefull
> reports.  And if you know how to use "MRTG"  you can input your collected
> data and produce usefull graphs :)
> 
>    Hope this information helps,
> 
>       --- Jay Nugent  WB8TKL
>           o ARRL Michigan Section "Digital Radio Group" (DRG)
>             [www.MI-DRG.org]
>           o Michigan AMPRnet IP Address Coordinator
> 
> 
> In response to the issue about dumbing-down Amateur Radio, a fellow Ham 
> said:    "Would you like fries with that emergency communication?"
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Mark Phillips, G7LTT/NI2O
Randolph, NJ