both great products and both free and open source!
Nagios' got plug-ins that will automagically draw out your network,
whether it's a LAN or WAN, can do very sophisticated network management
and Splunk is great for going through logs from several different
servers / systems / switches / routers in real time and at once.
On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 17:32 -0500, Kristopher Baker wrote:
> All,
>
> Thank you for keeping this public. We use Untangle - which is largely free - for our content management, and it allows for protocol control and firewall, but it does not allow for sophisticated traffic monitoring. That said, it does report violations of our protocol/firewall/web filtration rules by IP address and machine name, and we've found that to be helpful in tracking down problems.
>
> -Kristopher Baker
>
>
>
> -=+=-
>
> Kristopher "KC" Baker
> Director of Information Technology
> Miller School of Albemarle
> 1000 Samuel Miller Loop
> Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
> kcbaker@millerschool.org
> (434) 823-4805 ext. 246
>
>
> >>> <mlog@MMA.MEXICO.MO.US> 10/30/2008 4:43 PM >>>
> Sherry,
>
> You asked for some free\inexpensive network monitoring tools. I have used
> GFI LanGuard network monitoring tool which does a great job. You can down
> load a free test version at www.gfi.com.
>
>
>
> We use SonicWall pro 3060 as our firewall and it monitor the network as
> well. Like you, I have a network monitor provided by my ISP. When I notice
> the Internet slowing down, I check the ISP monitor. Next, the Sonicwall
> logs all network traffic so I can see by IP address who is using the
> bandwidth. Once I have an IP number, I use Netscan, a free tool that scans
> the network and reports netbios names along with an IP number. Using these
> two tools together I can find who or what is using the bandwidth.
>
>
>
> Hope this helps!!
>
> LCDR Mike Logan
> Director of Technology
> Missouri Military Academy
> 204 N Grand Street
> Mexico, MO USA 65265
> 573.581.1776 ext. 428
>
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