Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 12:03:22 -0800 From: Michael Smith <mksmith@noanet.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: NOC-type WAN monitoring tools Message-ID: <B8AE590A.4C1E%mksmith@noanet.net> In-Reply-To: <JMEJIDBCLMMNOALABHFFGEAOCPAA.craig@CheetahUSA.net>
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Hello:
I use a fairly standard set of apps (at least I think they are).
Netsaint - proactive monitoring and notification of events
MRTG (RRD) - graphing of usage and other SNMP stuff (temp, cpu load)
snmptrapd - logging SNMP traps to a logfile for PERL parsing
Request Tracker (RT) - for Trouble Tickets
Mailman - for a Maintenance mailing list.
Mike
On 3/8/02 11:55 AM, "Craig Burgess" <craig@CheetahUSA.net> espoused:
> A NOC (Network Operations Center) typically monitors the status of
> leased lines, routers & such. (They're probably also typically
> well-funded.)
>
> I need to be able to monitor the status of several discreet LANs
> which provide "fixed wireless" service to their respective
> broadcast umbrellas. Some of the hardware is SNMP-capable. I've
> looked at some of the network monitoring tools in the ports net
> directory but they seem mostly to be designed either to monitor
> activity within a LAN or log attempts to compromise a system from
> the outside.
>
> One monitoring tool which is used is "HP OpenView" about which I've
> only heard, never seen. I'm guessing it's expensive and more than I
> need. I've also looked at SolarWinds network monitoring tools which
> approach what I think I want; it runs as an application on a
> Windows machine.
>
> Is anybody aware of tools which can continually monitor the status
> of network components as I've tried to describe? (I recall reading
> that simply using 'ping' is not a wise choice.) Commercial software
> is an option but at the moment I have very limited resources. I am
> running FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE on an Alpha (Apache, sendmail & natd
> gateway) and have a surprisingly slow PPro running 4.5-RELEASE.
>
> thanks,
>
> craig
>
>
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