[KLUG Members] Monitoring Tool for Networks

[Bruce Smith]

> This is from an website that I mentioned at the 1-20 Meeting 
> Network World Fusion http://www.nwfusion.com
> 
> The _free_ prog is available at http://objectplanet.com/probe/
> 
> It looks to be a great tool for monitoring your network. Is 
> java based and there is a Linux tarball

Yes, it is a GREAT tool!!!

I downloaded their latest beta, 0.4b1, but couldn't get it to display in
any of the six different browsers I tried (including 2 Windows browsers)

Then I downloaded their latest stable version, 0.3.1, and it works
flawlessly!

This is the EASIEST program I've ever seen to get running!  Simply untar
the program somewhere, edit one line in the startup script telling where
Java is installed, then start the server.  After that you can connect to
it from any web browser!

Of course that assumes you already have Java installed on the server. 
If not, there is one extra step.

I'm running this program on the same PC that I'm running OpenNMS.  Since
they both run web servers on different ports, I haven't found any
conflicts.

If you're running in a switched environment, you need to plug the server
into a "network monitoring port" or "mirror port", or whatever your
switch vendor calls the port that sends all of it's traffic to.

IMO this is worthy of a "mini" presentation.  Since it's so easy to
install and get running, I don't think the material could fill the time
guidelines for a full presentation.  Perhaps we can talk Todd into
giving the mini presentation?  Along with Adam's PPTP?  

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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