+1 for Dude for network map and >24 hour bandwidth monitoring on links/ap's and PTP signal strengths. I would be lost with out it. It's very handy to just scroll over to a tower, right click on the back haul and open it in a web browser or open a router just by right clicking on it, etc.
+1 for Cacti-EZ. I use it for long term monitoring of all my router bandwidth, 95th percentile, etc. I'm moving over to Powercode's monitoring for our main core infrastructure equipment monitoring and notification, etc. I also run Smokeping for long term latency monitoring. it makes pretty graphs. :) Adair On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Justin Wilson <li...@mtin.net> wrote: > For most of our folks we use a combination of the Dude from Mikrotik and > Nagios, and usually throw in Cacti. The dude is easy to understand, > doubles as network documentation, and is good for the CSR folks to look at > a glance. Dude can also replace Cacti if you desire. It just doesn’t > create pretty graphs. We mainly use cacti for co-lo and bandwidth > customers. It calculates 95th percentile internally. You can also setup > cacti to graph all kinds of stuff you don’t necessarily want to monitor, > but are helpful to keep track of. For example, wireless > signal/ccq/jitter/whatever, BGP routes, temperature, voltage, and other > SNMP data. > > Nagios is great at knowing the difference between latency and a link > actually being down. It has a ton of extra knowledge about stuff you don’t > find in the Dude. Nagios has a learning curve for sure, but it’s worth it. > If you use the newer versions or even the paid version that learning curve > isn’t as steep. Nagios also can do distributed monitoring to split up load > or make your monitoring a little more fault tolerant. > > My monitoring box has a VM with Dude, a VM with Nagios, and a VM with > Cacti. The only reason Cacti is separated is because I like to use > cacti-ez. It sets everything up and away it goes. > > Justin > > -- > Justin Wilson <j...@mtin.net> > http://www.mtin.net <http://www.mtin.net/blog> > Managed Services – xISP Solutions – Data Centers > http://www.thebrotherswisp.com > Podcast about xISP topics > > > From: Brian Wilson <br...@wildsong.biz> > Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> > Date: Friday, August 15, 2014 at 3:11 PM > To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Network Monitoring Program > > I have inherited a very old version of Nagios and we also use The Dude > from Mikrotik. > > That's what we have installed here right now, not a recommendation. ;-) > > I am very interested to hear what other people are using, too. > > Brian Wilson > CDS Wireless, Santa Rosa CA > _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > Wireless@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > -- Adair Winter VP of Network Operations / Owner Amarillo Wireless | 806.316.5071 C: 806.231.7180 http://www.amarillowireless.net
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