I've seen the usual list of HP Openview/Ciscoworks (bad name)/Big Brother. I've used Netsaint at 2 installations. http://www.netsaint.org. Only problem is they are changing their name to nagios due to a request from the SAINT people. The latest development version of netsaint is at http://www.nagios.org Really good program and you can usually set it up pretty quick. With the plugins you can have it monitor just about anything you want. I know it supports monitoring: smtp,pop,nntp,ping,mysql,radius,ldap,disks,ntp,oracle,load,ircd,swap...and on and on. Don't let the beta in the version fool you. It's not just beta quality. Gerald P.S. Long time listener first time poster. On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Pawlukiewicz Jane wrote:
Hi,
I'm new here but I already have a quick question.
What are the best diagnostic tools available to network operators today?
Thanks for any info,
Jane