I am currently looking for a free or relatively cheap piece of software that can scan our network intermittently and report back if a wireless access point is down/not responding.
Ideally we don't want to buy a central managed solution if we don't have to (even though we are aware of the benefits).
We currently have the following access points being self managed as standalone AP's;
HP J8131B Wireless Access Point 420
HP MSM310 Access Point
Currently our "system" is checked manually by the wonders of Firefox and bookmarking all our access points and "open in all tabs". It does the job but, obviously it would be more ideal for a bit of software to ping it every hour and email/pop-up if there is no response. I do not require reports on SSID's, radio channels, users on AP etc, just the mere active / failed will do me.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.