of their software. And, if all you are looking for is graphing of traffic,
there is Cacti (www.cacti.net) which is a nice web-based front end for
RRDTool and MRTG. And, if you like Nagios, there is Groundwork Open Source
(www.groundworkopensource.com) which is a very nice wrapper for Nagios and a
few other tools; like Zenoss, it comes with both free and commercial
versions.
Christopher
On 11/3/08 8:04 AM, "Bill Griscom" <griscomb@e-lcds.org> wrote:
> We use Intermapper from Dartware. It's a little pricey, but very simple. It
> runs on Windows, Linux, & OS X.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Griscom
>
> Director of Information Services
> Lancaster Country Day School
> 725 Hamilton Road
> Lancaster, PA 17603-2491
> 717.392.2916 x. 246
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>
>
>>>> Matt Burkhardt <mlb@imparisystems.com> 10/30/2008 6:14 PM >>>
> If you;re running Linux on a server, you can use Nagios and Splunk -
> 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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