# mrtg to count packets

**URL:** https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/mrtg-to-count-packets/27060
**Category:** Other Management Solutions
**Created:** [December 15, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/mrtg-to-count-packets/27060 "2005-12-15T03:18:34Z")
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### Author: ![schavez](https://d10gw3vjmzyp8.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@schavez](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/u/schavez)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/mrtg-to-count-packets/27060/1 "2005-12-15T03:18:34Z")

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I need to setup mrtg to count packets,  
anyone done this.  
This is how I use cfgmaker to make mrtg.cfg file to track bandwidth  
any ideas how to make it count packets per second/min/hour?  
  
cfgmaker --global “WorkDir: /home/mrtg/test” --global “Options[\_]: growright” [Canopy@169.254.1.1](mailto:Canopy@169.254.1.1):::::2\> mrtg.cfg :?:

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### Author: ![ahull](https://d10gw3vjmzyp8.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/58f4c7/32.png) [@ahull](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/u/ahull)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/mrtg-to-count-packets/27060/2 "2005-12-15T14:06:12Z")

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Get a SNMP viewer.  
Use it to find the OID of your desired information.  
Graph the OID in MRTG.