I've been testing programs that record this sort of data and may have some suggestions. Since I like to do most of my network monitoring under Linux (ok, everything BUT WhatsUp for now) all of these applications are designed for *nix.
Netdisco - well written program with a good web interface that allows administration from the web. Not very easy to install and doesn't work well on my network with 233 switches and over 5,000 nodes. I'm still trying to see if I can get it to run fast enough to work for us. Only uses SNMP to gather ARP tables and MAC tables causing its slow performance. NeDi - Great looking web application that Netdisco was based from (Author mentions NeDi in some places). NeDi has some great features and is very quick but doesn't write the data to a SQL server, instead uses local files that it greps to locate information. NeDi also uses both Telnet and SNMP to gather data and is a lot quicker than Netdisco. Main problem with NeDi is that your entire network needs to have the same SNMP strings and username/passwords for telnet logins. Tracker - Tracker can be found on Sourceforge and is what I am currently using to locate IP & MAC addresses on our network. Tracker doesn't have the best interface but I only use it to add the information to the SQL database and my own web apps to present the data. Tracker is not used by many people and doesn't support the new Cisco devices such as a 4506 (my main problem with this program). Our network only runs Cisco devices including 3500, 4006, 4506, and 6509 models. Personally I have found that NeDi works the best for us but I would prefer database support and cannot live with multiple login and SNMP strings on our network. Hope that wasn't too much information but I've been testing these sort of apps for the last few months and could add a lot more... Thanks, Todd Wiese -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 5:01 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [WhatsUp Forum] Map Switch MAC Table I want to know others that use WUG use to map what MAC addresses are connected to what switch ports and what their IP is. I have found a number of products out there that will do this. But they all want to do all of the network monitoring also. I like WUG for what it does. I really don't want to replace it or add the same functionality in a new product just to sit there. Any input on this will be really appreciated. Thank You Jeff Cook Network Administrator Whatcom Educational Credit Union Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/whatsup_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
