INSTALLING MRTG
Before you can install MRTG, you need to download and install Perl first. Download MRTG to your desktop. You also need WinZip (or another unzip utility). Double Click the MRTG icon to unzip the file. Navigate to the location you extracted MRTG to and notice the odd name on the folder. Right Click on the folder and select Rename . Change the name to mrtg . Create a new folder called on the same drive called mrtghtml . You are now finished with the installation of MRTG. The next step is to create a config file for the MRTG data you will collect. You can create this file with CFGMAKER . Begin by opening a DOS Window by typing command in the Run box. Choose OK. Navigate to the mrtg\bin directory. This is the fun part! At this point, you must know the community string and IP address for the equipment you want to monitor. If you don't know, you most likely don't have any business monitoring it! In this document, I will use a Windows NT Server. I...