Work for an uber big telcom now. As one of our 'core products' we resell other ILECs T1s. I put 3 into my house, but the new model cisco 'swells' are so damn loud that I had to cut off both of them and hang off the single 2400. Long story short, I work from home one day a week. T1s are a must. Been considering putting up a special server for the AIers.
PS, I guess this is as good a time to mention as any that I have some extreme inside access to many large telco, voip, and industry lobiest. If you all need info from somebody in the FCC for instance, I can get it. (kinda my job doncha know)
Too bad about the loud Cisco equipment... hehe I am taking CCNA right now (for free via my highschool) and their switchs are too loud for me.
Sorry I can't help you with the monitor thing... I could only suggest putting a Linux box infront of your computer on your network (as a router or somthing useful) and have it email you the network activity whenever it reaches a point... or hell have it output the bandwith activity on a monitor...
But then again that may be overkill and only good if you have many computers connecting to the T1 at any point in time... and I like Linux and feel the need to plug it in anything.
Don't you need a WAN analyser at both ends to measure accurate performance?
As you work for a big telco can't you just enable SNMP traps on the cisco's at both ends and use Cisco Works on a spare V420 (4GB & 4 x CPU is recommended).
Throw in a couple of NSMs (depending on switch) and your done.
Other than this I recommend Packetboy on a PC laptop. The demo doesn't display every 3rd packets contents but you can see the header which is fine.
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what in the hell do you need a T1 in your home for?
PS, I guess this is as good a time to mention as any that I have some extreme inside access to many large telco, voip, and industry lobiest. If you all need info from somebody in the FCC for instance, I can get it. (kinda my job doncha know)
Too bad about the loud Cisco equipment... hehe I am taking CCNA right now (for free via my highschool) and their switchs are too loud for me.
Sorry I can't help you with the monitor thing... I could only suggest putting a Linux box infront of your computer on your network (as a router or somthing useful) and have it email you the network activity whenever it reaches a point... or hell have it output the bandwith activity on a monitor...
But then again that may be overkill and only good if you have many computers connecting to the T1 at any point in time... and I like Linux and feel the need to plug it in anything.
But I found it useful in terminal.. and type bmon command..
of course.. you need to do some work first
http://www.resexcellence.com/hack_ht...12-11-03.shtml
Originally posted by Kenneth
well.. not in GUI..
But I found it useful in terminal.. and type bmon command..
of course.. you need to do some work first
http://www.resexcellence.com/hack_ht...12-11-03.shtml
Wow... I just compiled and ran it on my Linux box... what a nice tool.
Originally posted by Ebby
If you just want Kb, Mb or the sort in text, I would use Menu Meters. Nice simple app that doesn't take up much space and it is free.8)
Thanks! I saw a screenshot of someone using it, but did not find out the name. Appreciate it!
Don't you need a WAN analyser at both ends to measure accurate performance?
As you work for a big telco can't you just enable SNMP traps on the cisco's at both ends and use Cisco Works on a spare V420 (4GB & 4 x CPU is recommended).
Throw in a couple of NSMs (depending on switch) and your done.
Other than this I recommend Packetboy on a PC laptop. The demo doesn't display every 3rd packets contents but you can see the header which is fine.
Dobby.
Originally posted by alcimedes
MenuMeters is the shit. i put it on every machine i run.
Same here.
I recommend it highly.
Originally posted by alcimedes
MenuMeters is the shit. i put it on every machine i run.
After running it for the weekend I'm sold.
Sweet product!
Thanks guys!