Cheking interface status

Hi all

I have been tasked with monitoring Snort IDS health and part of the request was to monitor wether traffic is being seen on the interfaces. I have the check_by_ssh enabled to check for critical processes, but am not sure how to approach this. What plugin(s) should I use? I am not familiar with the snmp checks, would this be able to check for recent traffic on a network interface?

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The box is running FC 3

the oid to use is .1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.10.72,.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.16.72
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