I implemented a solution of What's Up Gold with MRTG integrated into it (it gives the same feel as Cisco Works Network Node Manager). WUG is about $800, and MRTG is free. It was a solid management solution for my former company for about 4 years.
--- Nigel Taylor wrote: > Steven, > There's a great little program on > SourceForge that's growing > in popularity and IMHO is going to become a great > NMS tool. It Integrates > Syslog, Tacacs, RRDtool (Performance Graphs), Maps, > Traps, TFTP, > Autodiscovery, Sound Alerts, AAA, Modular and > Extensible. It uses a > database backend to store all the data as well (good > for trend analysis). > > > The documentation is pretty good and if you > have/know how unix it's pretty > easy to get up and running. There is also a windoze > port for the non-*nix > folks. > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/jffnms/ > > > HTH > > Nigel > > > > > -- Original Message ----- > From: "John Neiberger" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 1:44 PM > Subject: Re: Good network monitor prog. ??? > [7:75081] > > > > >>>> Steven Aiello 9/9/03 11:18:51 AM >>> > > >Any one know of a good network monitor prog.? It > doesn't have to be > > >free but not to expensive. My budget is nill. > Any recomendations? > > > > > >Thanks, > > >Steve > > > > Wouldn't it _have_ to be free if your budget is > nil? ;-) You might want > to > > check out MRTG and WhatsUp Gold: > > > > http://mrtg.hdl.com/mrtg.html > > > > > http://www.ipswitch.com/products/WhatsUp/index.html > > > > HTH, > > John > > **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the > GroupStudy Store: > > http://shop.groupstudy.com > > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the > GroupStudy Store: > http://shop.groupstudy.com > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=75178&t=75081 -------------------------------------------------- **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html