Network Management Using Free Software

Meta-Resources

Linux SNMP Network Management Tools

This page assumes that you already have a working knowledge of the basic tools -- ping, netstat, traceroute, nslookup, dig, tcpdump, /proc/net, ipfwadmin, tcpwrapper, maskd and are looking for graphical, distributed tools.

Network Monitoring with Linux

Mirror of the old gatech page. Multiple categories of tools, including graphical interfaces, software which plots statistics, monitors, and statistics collectors.

Network Monitoring Tools

List maintained by Les Cottrell, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Network Service Monitoring, Part 2

Article on itworld.com describing some non-snmp-centric network monitoring tools.

The Simple Times Archive

The Simple Times is an openly-available publication devoted to the promotion of the Simple Network Management Protocol. In each issue, The Simple Times presents: a refereed technical article, an industry comment, and several featured columns. In addition, some issues include brief announcements, summaries of recent publications, and an activities calendar.

Individual Software Packages

• mon
• Nagios (Netsaint)
• sysmon
• UCD-SNMP
• nocol
• MRTG
• rrdtool
• Cricket
• ORCA
• Scotty (includes tkined)
• A paper titled "Pong: A Flexible Network Services Monitoring System" is included in the pong distribution.
• Pong3
• SPONG
• Big Brother
• Angel Network Monitor
• Eclipse
• Master System

Books and Other References

• SNMP, SNMPv2, and RMON
• Managing Networks with SNMP

Compiled by:

Jim Trocki
Computer Systems and Network Engineer
trockij@linux.kernel.org