Cheshire Cat Computing

Hello!

Let me start by saying routers2 is great. My company has been using it for a while and we are in the process of retiring our MRTG server (running Windows and routers2 version 2.13? I think) and so I'm setting up a linux based replacement with routers2 2.18-beta. So far so good, with the exception of the mouse-over time on the daily graph.

The graph itself shows the correct hours, but if I mouse-over 11 on the graph (11 eastern), the mouse-over shows me 20:00 (8PM). I'm sure this is something ridiculously stupid I've overlooked, but I've been looking at the .conf file for a few hours now and still can't figure out what I've done wrong.

In case what I'm asking about is not clear, I took a screen shot showing what I mean:


Many thanks for whatever help you can provide.

Setting up the mouseover time was far, far harder that it originally appeared to be. You have to correctly set up the timezones of the device, the MRTG server, and your workstation, although the latter should cancel out.

Another part of the problem is the timezone as defined in routers2 and as defined in MRTG. They both use different ways to identify the timezone and sometimes they can go out of synch.

To fix the mouseover time, try the following:
1. Make sure that your MRTG server has the correct time. This means the correct Timezone as well, since the offset is important. If it gives the correct time but says GMT then you need to fix it.
2. If you monitored device has an explicit timezone set in the .cfg file, then make sure it is in a format compatible with the local server. This may mean giving it as '+12' or 'GMT+12' rather than 'NZDT' or 'Pacific/Auckland'.
3. Check your workstation is configured for the correct timezone. This should not affect things, but sometimes it can for some odd reason.
4. You may need to explicitly set the timezone offset of your MRTG server from GMT in the routers2.conf. See the commented out line for details, and give the offset in hours from GMT.

If all else fails, you can disable the mouseover time in the routers2.conf if you want to. However this will also disable the popup entirely, including the optional values if you've enabled them.

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Steve Shipway
UNIX Systems, ITSS, University of Auckland, NZ
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning... -- Isaiah 5:11

*facepalm*
I went through those things so many times and I finally realized I did:

timezone = 5

instead of:

timezone = -4

Graphs look great now, eye candy makes upgrading so much easier to sell to upper management types. Thanks!