monitor bandwidth usage on a ISP supplied Cisco 827

[fs483]

Hello,

What would be the best way to monitor the bandwidth and speed going through a Cisco 827 router. The router is supplied by an ISP and everything is locked down. I have about 6 servers going through 2 firewalls then into the 827. I started doing some very small server hosting and want to monitor the performance of my ADSL line before deciding to add a second one for better speed. I can always use the data collected from the PDM's of the firewalls (Cisco Pix 501s) but I would like to get it from the 827. If not possible, I do have an old Cisco Router 2600 series lying around with an old ISO that I can maybe insert between the two firewalls and the 827. From the 2600, I'll have full access... Suggestions please.

thank you
anthony

 

[jrzardo]

You can check if your IPS has management services. May be they have these graphics/data ready for customers access by web.
Another sugestion is to check if your ISP can give you SNMP read only access to the router, then you can use a MRTG like tool to generate the graphs.
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Jeff