Network Monitoring Tool

[zarian]

Hi Guys;

Any suggestion for Free network monitoring tool (not solarwind or Fluke etc) to install on windows, which gives you topology information + what type of switches or router is being used.

And possible traffic monitoring on Switches ports.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks;

[cpjitservices]

Spiceworks. Free.

 

Free IT Community, Help Desk, and Network Monitoring - Spiceworks

[zarian]

Actually i am looking for a portable tool. where i can connect into any network and gather Network information such Network map switches in use etc,

Because i visit many school so anytime it takes a lot of time to understand the Network.

Thanks for reply.

[cpjitservices]

I cant think of any that are portable....

[pete]

Try The Dude.

 

MikroTik Routers and Wireless: The Dude

 

Ideally though, you want something that can talk CDP and LLDP to make your life easier with automagic maps. My "this school is paying me regularly for support" option would be Observium (observium.org) in a VM on my laptop or a HP Microserver on their site.

 

You can run it on a raspberry pi, but I suspect the RRD files would kill the SD card too quickly.

[Sylv3r]

I saw this demoed today. Looked good - 200 free endpoints included Free of Charge and you don't need to have Netgear switches as it will pick up all vendors.

 

Not tried it on my network yet, so can't comment on the usability or how successful it was with our HP switches.

 

NETGEAR Support | NMS300 | Network Management Software

[cpjitservices]

I am using PRTG to monitor mine and my clients networks, but its server based. I dont think you'll find much in portable apps to do what you want.

[cpjitservices]

I saw this demoed today. Looked good - 200 free endpoints included Free of Charge and you don't need to have Netgear switches as it will pick up all vendors.

 

Not tried it on my network yet, so can't comment on the usability or how successful it was with our HP switches.

 

NETGEAR Support | NMS300 | Network Management Software

 

That interface looks a lot like PRTG, just tweaked a bit and says Netgear.