This is not directly related to your problem, but you must watch what you are trying to log. I found that MRTG couldn't give accurate numbers for the interface because of the mangling that iptables does to it. To solve it, I used blank rules inside the MANGLE table that detects packets in the PREROUTING and POSTROUTING tables. Once detected, I use cron to probe the iptables -nvxL | grep <whatever> to spit back the usage of the interface. I can give you the scripts if need be. -----Original Message----- From: Paul Baxter [mailto:ppabaxte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 3:04 PM To: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: New user and MRTG error help Does anyone know what this warning means, the interface is working I'm using it now. WARNING: Problem with External get '/usr/bin/monthlystats eth0': Expected a Number for 'in' but got '*' WARNING: Problem with Externale get '/usr/bin/monthlystats eth0': Expected a Number for 'out' but got '* ERROR: Interface is down, aborting' ERROR: Target[host-eth0][_IN_] ' $$target[0]{$mode} ' did not eval into defined data ERROR: Target[host-eth0][_OUT_] ' $$target[0]{$mode} ' did not eval into defined data WARNING: Skipping Update of host-eth0, inlast is not defined WARNING: Skipping Update of host-eth0, outlast is not defined If you can help you will be doing me a huge service. Regards Paul Baxter
