Date: 08 Jun 2002 22:11:44 -0500 From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> To: Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MIB support for network devices in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <1023592304.349.20.camel@lerlaptop> In-Reply-To: <20020609030108.363403E14@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> References: <20020609030108.363403E14@CRWdog.demon.co.uk>
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On Sat, 2002-06-08 at 22:01, Andy Sparrow wrote: > > Hi all, > > (pls Cc: me on any response, not subscribed to either list) > > Can't find any references to this in the archives. > > What's the status of MIB support for network interfaces in FreeBSD? Is it > deprecated, optional, "would be nice"? > > Reason for asking is that a dockapp I use has stopped displaying real-time > stats since a recent upgrade. This is because the author has switched to using > the interface MIB to collect statistics in the latest version[1]. > > Which in itself seems like a nice approach, except that it doesn't display > anything for my 802.11 card, or the loopback device. > > Digging around a bit with grep (in 4.6-RC) shows that only 3 devices in > /usr/src/sys/dev seem to have implemented full MIB support, a couple more > increment error counters, and ~20 more NIC drivers (including most all of my > NICs) > don't apparently implement any support for MIB-based counters whatsoever[2]. > > Anyway, should the author of the utility be advised: > > a) Nice approach, little premature > > b) Nice approach, very premature > > c) Wrong approach, revert to previous if you want it to work with FreeBSD > > d) Other? > > > Also, I'd be interested to know which MIBs we intend to support, and from > which draft/RFC it's drawn from, if anyone happens to know or can point me at > some *BSD docs? > > TIA. > > Regards, > > AS > > [1] He added FreeBSD support to a previously Solaris/Linux-only app, but > doesn't apparently have a FreeBSD box to test on himself, asks for feedback on > his webpage. > > [2] It's obviously not entirely that simple, 'coz I can't find any reference > to the xl driver incrementing mib counters /either/, yet the monitor dockapp > seems to work for the built-in xl device in my laptop... > > > I believe you can get this info if you add the net/snmp or net/snmp4 port. LER -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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