We use Splunk for all alerting. It's a syslog collector that can run any type of report based on schedules or cron. It can send emails or trigger scripts to run based on the alert. It's also very handy for tracking down client connectivity problems. The free version of splunk can monitor upto 500 MB of data/day which is rougly 500k-700k syslogs/day.
From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee H Badman Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 9:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Stolen Wireless Device Tracking? Unfortunately, we experience the occasional theft of University-owned or personal laptops. Using Cisco WCS, we can certainly find the last place a device was, if the wireless adapter was on, before it egressed campus. What is missing is a mechanism to "flag" a MAC address to alert on a client device if it pops back up on the network so there may be an opportunity to react. Has anyone else faced and conquered alerting on specific clients (for whatever reason)? Thanks- Lee Lee H. Badman Wireless/Network Engineer Information Technology and Services Adjunct Instructor, iSchool Syracuse University 315 443-3003 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
