See Also: www.opennms.org > > > FOSS = Free/Open Source Software (what MRTG, Linux, FreeBSD, pfSense are, as > different from what Microsoft or HP sell) > > > > Cacti is a web based system, from http://www.cacti.net/, that uses the > technology that powers MRTG to build a nice web based system that monitors > network equipment. Unlike MRTG, which has to be configured by hand, Cacti > allows you to add hosts through the web interface (like how pfSense does all > the pf stuff through the web rather than requiring you to edit config files). > It is pretty simple to setup, assuming you have a FreeBSD or Linux systems > and can install the package or port. > > > > I've used it on networks to monitor all of the traffic on the routers, on the > servers and even on the switch ports (that requires a switch with SNMP > counters, usually known as a "managed switch"). > > > > There are also commercial systems that do the same thing, but they quickly > become expensive (1000's to 10,000's dollars) as the size of your network > grows. > > > > > > Walter > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Brian Caouette <[email protected]> wrote: > > What is Cacti? FOSS? > > > > On 4/7/2014 1:42 PM, Walter Parker wrote: > > I'd expect that you should be able to enable SNMP, set a non default password > (please don't use public) and add a firewall rule to allow UDP on port 161 > to/from your mrtg server. I'd recommend using Cacti as your mrtg server (if > you want a FOSS solution). > > > > > > Walter
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