Bob,

Assuming you are counting the difference over time, ifInOctets and
ifOutOctets do represent the traffic in and out of each port. You'll
have to give us more details of the collection you've set up.

cheers paul

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>Further to my note re: collecting data on cisco 2916/24 switches last
week,
>does anyone know if ifInOctets/ifOutOctets on a switch (any switch!)
>represent the actual traffic on these ports?
>The numbers I am getting from snmpCollect sure don't look real!
>And graphing in real time (from the mib browser) doesn't look any
better.
>My gut feeling is that the numbers are misleading, in that they don't
>represent the traffic, but some aggregate count???
>Any advise would be greatly appreciated!
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>--
>/in haste
>/Bob
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