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      testakis
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      Is there any way, using pfSense and SNMP, to monitor an external network device (e.g. a Cisco router) and gather its graphs inside pfsense?

      I have tried some of the Network Management tools which are available as packages in pfSense, but they can just monitor pfSense' s interfaces.

      Thanks in advance!

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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        No, there aren't any packages for doing that on pfSense.

        It's easy enough these days to setup Cacti, Zabbix, Pandora FMS, etc, and collect graphs on a dedicated machine.

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          testakis
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          Thank you for your prompt answer jimp.
          I was just trying to find a way to turn to advantage the existence of the pfSense box, without having to install a second computer for that purpose.

          Thanks once more!

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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            If you really want to go down that road (which I wouldn't recommend, but I understand the desire to do) you could either look at the jailctl package which would let you run essentially a full freebsd install inside of an isolated location on the firewall, or you could install ESX on that box and have a VM for pfSense and a VM for other services.

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