[SOLVED] Custom link arrow directions

Support questions about the Network Weather Map plugin

Moderators: Developers, Moderators

Post Reply
packet_boy
Posts: 4
Joined: Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:52 pm

[SOLVED] Custom link arrow directions

Post by packet_boy »

I am looking for a way to create a one-way link arrow with BW% displayed.
i am using two maps for our MPLS WAN - 1 for the US and 1 for Europe. On each map i have a MPLS WAN Cloud icon and I am trying to approximate the trans-atlantic traffic in one direction i.e.

On the US Map - %BW out to Europe -----%bw--->
On the Europe map - %BW out to the States <----%bw---

I am using the TARGET directive to approximate my traffic_out's from the RRDs but I only want the traffic represented in one direction.

Howie - This is a fantastic contribution to network engineers everywhere! Cheers!
User avatar
Howie
Cacti Guru User
Posts: 5508
Joined: Thu Sep 16, 2004 5:53 am
Location: United Kingdom
Contact:

Re: Custom link arrow directions

Post by Howie »

packet_boy wrote:I am looking for a way to create a one-way link arrow with BW% displayed.
i am using two maps for our MPLS WAN - 1 for the US and 1 for Europe. On each map i have a MPLS WAN Cloud icon and I am trying to approximate the trans-atlantic traffic in one direction i.e.

On the US Map - %BW out to Europe -----%bw--->
On the Europe map - %BW out to the States <----%bw---

I am using the TARGET directive to approximate my traffic_out's from the RRDs but I only want the traffic represented in one direction.

Howie - This is a fantastic contribution to network engineers everywhere! Cheers!
There is actually half of the code in place for uni-directional links. I stopped working on it because no-one seemed that interested in it, and I couldn't remember what I wanted it for myself :oops: I think it was something like round-trip times... Hehe. It's like an electronic appendix :-)

Right now, you could do it in a cheezy way by having an off-screen node position so that the midpoint of the link hits the edge of your map. (told you it was cheezy).

Unidirectional links may make an appearance in 0.93 or 0.94 then.
Weathermap 0.98a is out! & QuickTree 1.0. Superlinks is over there now (and built-in to Cacti 1.x).
Some Other Cacti tweaks, including strip-graphs, icons and snmp/netflow stuff.
(Let me know if you have UK DevOps or Network Ops opportunities, too!)
packet_boy
Posts: 4
Joined: Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:52 pm

Post by packet_boy »

Thanks Howie
Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest