Alcatel Speedtouch Home Statistics

Why?

• modemstat.py
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1. Download the script above and place it in an appropriate directory.
2. Run the script by hand by typing:
   

   $ ./modemstat -m ip_modem

   and see what happens. If it's ok you should get something like this:
   

   4857
   3856
   uptime
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   If not, you should check your hostname and permissions to write to /tmp/.modemdata and /var/log/modemlog. If your modem requires a password supply the -p option too. Otherwise report it as a bug (see the 'Contact' section below)
3. Configure MRTG.
   Create a file named /etc/mrtg/modemstat.cfg (for example) with the following content:

   WorkDir: path_to_where_mrtg_should_put_the_graph
   Options[_]: nopercent,growright,nobanner,nolegend,noinfo,gauge
   MaxBytes[_]: 125000000
   
   Target[alcatel_speedtouch]: `path_to_the_modemstat_script -m ip_modem`
   Options[alcatel_speedtouch]: nopercent,growright,nolegend,noinfo,nobanner,integer,gauge,pngdate
   Title[alcatel_speedtouch]: Load for Alcatel Speedtouch Modem
   	

4. Run MRTG by hand.
   Type:

   /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg/modemstat.cfg
   	

   to run MRTG. The first two times you run MRTG it will complain a bit but that should disappear the third time ;)
5. If the output looks ok you can put it in a crontab or something (of course you can run it by hand every 5 minutes ;)). type:

   $ crontab -e
   	

   and add something like this:

   0-59/5 * * * * /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg/modemstat.cfg 1> /dev/null
   

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