Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:56:53 -0700 From: joshua <spl1t_h0r1z0n@usa.net> To: "Jay Austad" <austad@marketwatch.com>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [RE: NOC-type WAN monitoring tools] Message-ID: <20020312005654.29461.qmail@uwdvg001.cms.usa.net>
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what's up gold by ipswitch (www.ipswitch.com) ip sentry (www.ipsentry.com) can do some testing too cheers joshua "Jay Austad" <austad@marketwatch.com> wrote: > An *excellent* tool for network monitoring is Intermapper > (http://www.dartware.com). However, it only runs on Macs, and it's not= > free. But if you have an extra mac, and an extra few hundred bucks, I > highly suggest it. It's better than almost everything else I've looked= > at, and since I had an extra Mac, we bought a copy. It works excellent= =2E > = > I wish there was a tool like this that ran under *bsd or linux... > = > Jay > = > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Smith [mailto:mksmith@noanet.net] = > > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 2:03 PM > > To: FreeBSD Questions > > Subject: Re: NOC-type WAN monitoring tools > > = > > = > > 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 > > > = > > > = > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > = > > = > > -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------ > > _ __ ____ ___ _ __ ______ ______ |Michael K. Smith > > / | / // __ \ / | / | / // ____//_ __/ |Chief IP Engineer > > / |/ // / / // /| | / |/ // __/ / / |mksmith@noanet.net > > / /| // /_/ // ___ | / /| // /___ / / |Cell: 206.579.8360 > > /_/ |_/ \____//_/ |_|/_/ |_//_____/ /_/ |Land: 206.783.3364 > > |Fax: 866.422.4887 > > |Pager: 800.696.6021= > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------ > > PGP Key: 485A 7807 2DFD CAC7 8E5D F348 4F19 89AC 0ED6 0B72 > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------ > > = > > = > > = > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > = > = > = > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ------------------------------------------------------------ Joshua Smith, CCNA, CCNP Data Center Technician USA.NET "Walk with me through the Universe, And along the way see how all of us are Connected. Feast the eyes of your Soul, On the Love that abounds. In all places at once, seemingly endless, Like your own existence." - Stephen Hawking - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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