Free is also a good thing. Alerts and such work great, the kewl part is the agents. You can put a remote agent out there ( we use it for hotspot networks ), and the agent polls the devices behind the NAT at the hotspot location. Slick as can be, simple, and works!
Guess I am biased though, seeing I'm one of two MT Dude Consultants. :) We have been putting these in quite a bit, takes some time if you start building from scratch, but works like a champ! Tom DeReggi wrote: > 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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