Well, Very good question, and I only have one answer...
Nagios/Cacti is open source, so it can be adapted to the WISP's specific need as required. However, for someone that doesn't want to be a developer, I agree, Dude is pretty sweet, and much easier to put up and run. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Patient" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 5:01 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Network Monitor > I'm having a hard time understanding why yawl just wouldn't use the > Dude? It's FREE, it emails me in the event of an anomaly, sends text > msgs, monitors/graphs number of hotspot users, bandwidth, outages, > traffic on my links, uptime, or just about anything else you want to > look at, log, notify you of, login to, upgrade, or have your wife go > fix;-) It even has a nice pretty web interface for your level 1 support > crew (daughter or son) to look at. > > I'm interested in finding out what I would gain by running Nagios or > Cacti? From what I see on this thread, it would take both to do the job > of just one Dude? > > Jim > > rabbtux rabbtux wrote: >> I used the cacti/nagios combo for years, but in Feb I switched to >> OpenNMS. >> It was tricky to get setup, and the folks on their IRC were invaluable! >> Now >> it auto scans multiple ip networks and ranges I specify every 4 hours and >> sends me a txt msg each time I add customers. For all the normal stuff >> it >> runs every 5 minutes and produces graphs for not just ping but 'smoke >> ping', >> http, dns, ssh, and other commonly discovered ports. It also collects a >> good bit of snmp data and graphs it. The time invested and IRC questions >> this last Feb are paying off in a sweet way now. My system looks at a >> couple hundred interfaces and a total of about a thousand ports/graphs >> for >> the network. Just My 2 cents worth. >> >> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Adam Kennedy >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >> >>> The Wireless Connections app is actually based on Cricket, not Cacti. >>> Huge difference there... >>> >>> I have released Alvarion templates for the Cacti system. They are >>> available from the Cacti forums at: >>> http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?t=18328 >>> >>> We also run the Nagios/Cacti combo. I have quite a few years of Nagios >>> experience behind me if anyone needs some guidance getting things going. >>> We currently have 631 hosts and 4,382 services being checked every 2 >>> minutes or so on Nagios with average service check latency of 3.06 >>> seconds >>> >>> Yea, it's pretty sweet :P >>> >>> >>> Adam Kennedy >>> Senior Network Administrator >>> Cyberlink Technologies, Inc. >>> Phone: 888-293-3693 >>> Fax: 574-855-5761 >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>> Behalf Of John Rock >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:26 PM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Network Monitor >>> >>> Check our free application that initiates Cacti graphs and config files >>> can >>> easilly be made and/or updated to adapt to about any SNMP device. >>> All we ask is that you buy all your gear from us... >>> Kidding of course. The system is a bit dated but we can help adapt it to >>> >>> your needs. We also have a free support email list to get your questions >>> >>> answered. >>> >>> Software: >>> http://www.wirelessconnections.net/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_ >>> download&gid=23&&Itemid=58<http://www.wirelessconnections.net/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=23&&Itemid=58> >>> >>> RTFM: >>> http://www.wirelessconnections.net/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_ >>> download&gid=22&&Itemid=58<http://www.wirelessconnections.net/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=22&&Itemid=58> >>> >>> Copy and paste the entire links if the don't work correctly.... >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> John Rock >>> Wireless Connections >>> Director of Operations - Senior Engineer >>> ACCessing the Future Today!! >>> ofc. 419.660.6100 >>> cell 419-706-7356 >>> fax 419-668-4077 >>> http://www.wirelessconnections.net >>> This transmission and any files attached to it, may contain confidential >>> >>> and/or privileged information and intended only for the named recipient. >>> If >>> you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any >>> disclosure, reproduction, retransmission, dissemination, disclosure, >>> copying >>> or any use of the information or files contained is strictly prohibited. >>> If >>> you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender >>> by >>> reply transmission and delete this electronic mail. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Carl Shivers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 5:02 PM >>> Subject: [WISPA] Network Monitor >>> >>> >>> >>>> We are looking for Network monitoring software. 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