Thanks guys. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Network Monitor > Tom, > > Take a look at Cacti (www.cacti.net) to do this. It allows you to give > create users and only give them access to their data. It can also display > 95% usage and total transfer so customers can know what their billing will > be. > >> Adam, >> >> You lsited some Neat/powerful feature ideas, Nagios is capable of. >> >> Are you aware if any of the Monitoring solutions support displaying >> unique >> info for multiple resellers of the ISP. >> Meaning... It nice to collect a historical log of uptime or downtime. >> I'd >> like my custoemrs to view their specific info, but not all the info of my >> otehr customers. >> And I'd like my resellers to view info for all their custoemrs, but not >> my >> other customers. >> >> This is one of the issues when I ised RRDTool and MRTG to collect data... >> I >> only collect it into a common portal. I'd rather have it multi-user, >> multi-view. >> >> Tom DeReggi >> RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc >> IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Adam Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 3:42 PM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Network Monitor >> >> >>> Another 2 cents of mine.... >>> >>> I took a look at OpenNMS and The Dude. I have been using Nagios since >>> the days of it being called "Netsaint". You literally can make Nagios >>> check anything and respond in almost any way to an outage. It's free and >>> open source and I believe really has the capability to show what OSS is >>> all about. >>> >>> Some things that are extremely cool (and really not hard to implement) >>> for nagios that are WISP/ISP specific: >>> >>> - Check various wireless gear signal strengths and compare them to >>> temperature and fog conditions of weather in that area. Adjust >>> notifications of lower signals based on that info. (i.e., it's foggy, I >>> would rather know there is fog than to get alerts of a sudden drop in 50 >>> radios) >>> >>> - Checking/Notification of BGP peers receiving significantly less routes >>> than they should >>> >>> - Access point drops all of it's associated radios. Nagios can try to >>> "fix" the problem by running a script which would reboot the AP. Didn't >>> work? Well then it notifies you. It also notifies that it tried >>> rebooting ;) >>> >>> Have an idea of something you want implemented? Write a bash script, >>> perl script or C/C++ app to do it and let nagios have fun. There are >>> other things like grouping services/checks/hosts etc. by using regular >>> expressions. All I do is add a device to our network and create a file >>> with a specific host name in the file and IP address. Nagios takes care >>> of looking at the name to identify what type of services should be >>> checked etc. >>> >>> Really Nagios just gives you ultimate flexibility. I can't seem to find >>> in OpenNMS where you can identify thresholds for various services. It >>> only appears that they must match up with a MIB file for results. I also >>> don't necessarily like that I have to define downtimes in an XML file >>> with OpenNMS. Nagios I can just click on a host and schedule it right >>> there. Or for an entire group of hosts. But maybe I missed that in >>> OpenNMS on accident? >>> >>> If you want something with Nagios flexibility with a really good web >>> interface, check out Centreon at www.centreon.com >>> >>> >>> 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 Dennis Burgess >>> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 11:57 AM >>> To: WISPA General List >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Network Monitor >>> >>> 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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