Are all graphs reversed by default?

[roger69]

I've seen references to this elsewhere in the forums, but I need a definite answer.

Are all graphs Cacti generates backwards from how we would imagine the data flowing?

In other words, looking at a bandwidth graph for a DS3 on a Cisco router, which carries all of our internet traffic, the data to me looks backwards. We have a lot more inbound than outbound traffic, but the graph does not reflect that, just the opposite.

Similarly, when looking at a switch port for a webserver, almost all the traffic shows as inbound, but it's a webserver - most all the traffic should be outbound.

Am I just not interpreting this correctly?

Roger

[chrome]

You're not interpreting it correctly

Local net -----[0/0 Router 0/1]----- Internet

if you're doing 1mbit out on 0/1, you will probably be doing 1mbit in on 0/0, assuming that what goes in on 0/0 is routed out 0/1. Of course ACLs might make the numbers slightly different.