From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Dec 14 13:14:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from pericles.IPAustralia.gov.au (pericles.IPAustralia.gov.au [202.14.186.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91BE937B405 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:14:14 -0800 (PST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by pericles.IPAustralia.gov.au (8.11.3/8.11.1) id fBELECQ20183 for ; Sat, 15 Dec 2001 08:14:12 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from anwsmh@IPAustralia.Gov.AU) Received: from wf-153.aipo.gov.au(192.168.1.153) by pericles.IPAustralia.gov.au via smap (V2.1) id xma020177; Sat, 15 Dec 01 08:14:05 +1100 Received: (from anwsmh@localhost) by stan.aipo.gov.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) id fBELE6M00418 for freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 15 Dec 2001 08:14:06 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from anwsmh@IPAustralia.Gov.AU) X-Authentication-Warning: stan.aipo.gov.au: anwsmh set sender to anwsmh@IPAustralia.Gov.AU using -f Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 08:14:05 +1100 From: Stanley Hopcroft To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: network management Message-ID: <20011215081404.A388@IPAustralia.Gov.AU> References: <20011214142203.K5086-100000@nts.umd.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from cmeiklejohn@conversent.com on Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 02:49:50PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 02:49:50PM -0500, Christopher Meiklejohn wrote: > I have had alot of success with MRTG and NOCOL. > You may want to look at Netsaint (http://www.Netsaint.ORG) rather than NOCOL. AFAIK, Netsaint is . actively developed . easier to write service checks for . supports various approaches for remote and distributed monitoring . has a fair to good story for monitoring M$ boxen. . has I think better logging and availability reporting > I use nocol for the network monitering and mrtg for graphing anything I need > that has a MIB that > supports it! > > I have had alot more success with NOCOL over WhatsUp ( running on Windows, > which we were using before ) becuase WhatsUp just has a very low threshold > for monitering things. NOCOL can handle much much more. > > -=Chris > Netsaint is a FreeBSD package. Thank you, Yours sincerely. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stanley Hopcroft Network Specialist ------------------------------------------------------------------------ '...No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee...' from Meditation 17, J Donne. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message