Hi,

I am able to setup a bandwidth graph for pppoe users, but when user gets new session, the graph no longer works and have to add new data source again.

How can I set it up that when user connects it automatically recognizes the user.

Please help have searched google and the forums and can't find anything on this.

I am assuming that the interface oid is changing every time the user logs in? When you select the interface in the drop down does it have a slightly different look? More detail would be good like how you configured the existing probe.

Hi Thanks for the reply .

Yes OID changes when client pppoe session is terminated.

I don't know how to get a static oid for the sessions. There was a instruction set somewhere on google, but can't find it now.

What info do you need, it's a standard usermanager + pppoe server setup. I would like dude to graph usage, but as soon as customer disconnects and reconnects for whatever reason the graph is not working cos it get new oid on reconnecting.

Changing OIDs is a pain, there is not a good way for the dude to determine what new oid it becomes.
Maybe the oid is always one of a certain group of oids? Could you use part of the oid to make your own rate calculation. or create a link for each oid and just track them all? Just ping the other side? Or do they get a dynamic address? Probably not any good solutions here...

Only by creating static server bindings for those pppoe users you would get them to stick with one and the same oids on each connection time.

Only by creating static server bindings for those pppoe users you would get them to stick with one and the same oids on each connection time.

how to do that without diturbing the clients ?

You cannot. PPPOE client would start using static interface on next reconnect.

You cannot. PPPOE client would start using static interface on next reconnect.

So there is no way to get usage traffic graphs of PPPoE customers ?

There is. You just cannot get static oids without interrupting the current the client.

* From current dynamic session you can use those oids that it already has. The problem is that they will change on each client reconnect.
* IF you add static pppoe server interface for that client the oids will remain the same for all later reconnects of this client.

There is. You just cannot get static oids without interrupting the current the client.

* From current dynamic session you can use those oids that it already has. The problem is that they will change on each client reconnect.
* IF you add static pppoe server interface for that client the oids will remain the same for all later reconnects of this client.

My PPPoE ether is ether3. 
And my PPPOE service name is one single service name. 
What else to do ?

My bad I used incorrect term. I meant that you need to create static PPPOE server bindings for those users that you want to monitor. On next reconnect the dynamic server bindings will no longer appear and this user will now be tied to this static server binding. Then from this entry use oids for monitoring.

My bad I used incorrect term. I meant that you need to create static PPPOE server bindings for those users that you want to monitor. On next reconnect the dynamic server bindings will no longer appear and this user will now be tied to this static server binding. Then from this entry use oids for monitoring.

yes, I mean, how do we create static PPPoE server binding for those customers ?

In Interface configuration enter User and Service field if present in your configuration.
Very similar in CLI side: "/interface pppoe-server add service=example user=example"

For example, I took a customer who is live and using. 
And simply entered his PPPoE username is username and in service name, placed my service name. 

I see, his normal PPPOE doesnt show and only the binding one shows, but his account shows logged in and 0 usage. 

How do we know if its done ?

And you said, the customer will disconnect and reconnect, but that did not happen ?
Or do I need to manually disconnect him ? 

Yes, Dynamic entry wont be shown anymore. Only the static static server binding will be in interface list. And what do you mean by "0 usage"? If you mean traffic, then possibly new connections haven't yet been made from client side.

I mentioned that, before this new binding will become active reconnect of this user is needed. I did not say that it will happen automatically. 

Okay fine. 
I logged him out and then it auto logged in again. So, I guess login is working fine. 
Now what do I copy from this mcirotik user to monitor his graph in cacti or MRTG ?
His MAC ID ?

Now find the OIDs that you need from that interface and use them where you intended. 

[admin@MikroTik] > interface print oid where name~"pppoe-user-test"         
Flags: D - dynamic, X - disabled, R - running, S - slave 
 0  R  name=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.19 actual-mtu=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.4.19 mac-address=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.6.19 
       admin-status=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.7.19 oper-status=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8.19 
       bytes-in=.1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.6.19 packets-in=.1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.7.19 
       discards-in=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.13.19 errors-in=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.14.19 
       bytes-out=.1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.10.19 packets-out=.1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.11.19 
       discards-out=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.19.19 errors-out=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.20.19 

Presuming that your NMS is prepared for MikroTik device monitoring. Template or mib imported, etc.

Okay let me try. 

BTW, is it okay to convert all customers to this static bind, or is there any down side of this ?

Why do everyone uses the moral dynamic PPPOE then ?

Okay it works. 
But what do I use from it ? 

I got this, 

[soamxxx@xxxx] > interface print oid where name~"JS080-monitoring1"
Flags: D - dynamic, X - disabled, R - running, S - slave 
 0  R  name=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.28 actual-mtu=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.4.28 mac-address=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.6.28 
       admin-status=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.7.28 oper-status=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8.28 bytes-in=.1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.6.28 
       packets-in=.1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.7.28 discards-in=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.13.28 errors-in=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.14.28 
       bytes-out=.1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.10.28 packets-out=.1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.11.28 discards-out=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.19.28 
       errors-out=.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.20.28 

It shows blank. 

Is snmp configuration correct both on device and NMS sides?

Is snmp configuration correct both on device and NMS sides?

yes perfect, as its listing the ether traffic fine, as Im monitoring each ether traffic from same cacti too. 

Then only option I guess is to recheck if that specific monitoring section is added correctly in cacti side. I haven't used cacti that much to be able to give you some more specific details on problem debugging in that NMS.

Then only option I guess is to recheck if that specific monitoring section is added correctly in cacti side. I haven't used cacti that much to be able to give you some more specific details on problem debugging in that NMS.

Did you try in MRTG ?
I can do it then, just I did not know the format for a PPPOE interface to check in MRTG