[25967] in resnet
Re: Network Monitoring Solution
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Buraglio, Nicholas D)
Thu Feb 17 12:20:15 2011
Content-Language: en-US
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-ID: <6927BF852684E74DA4F14705697E6779@mx.uillinois.edu>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Message-ID: <4038D279-89A0-4FE3-9069-CDBDB853CF15@illinois.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:18:15 +0000
Reply-To: Resnet Forum <RESNET-L@listserv.nd.edu>
From: "Buraglio, Nicholas D" <buraglio@illinois.edu>
To: RESNET-L@listserv.nd.edu
In-Reply-To: <D094C7B5F244E24B9A94C42CBC301A9CA94256@EVS01.nation.citadel.edu>
At UIUC and on our regional network we use Intermapper for the most part. There is also a smattering of Nagios for certain things, but for network gear and protocols Intermapper has been in use here since as far back as I can remember (I got to town around 2000). While I was at NCSA we used Nagios for most WAN stuff and Intermapper and Nagios both for LAN. We had built a distributed Nagios setup throughout the country for the Teragrid, which worked pretty well after the initial pain of configuration and learning how to tune the remote sensors.
We still use pagers here, but have talked about getting rid of them many times. The one thing that comes up every time is coverage. How do folks deal with the basement/data center/poor coverage areas for cell/sms? There are plenty of places that have no coverage due to being underground or just on the fringe enough of coverage that we keep going back to pagers.
Also, how do other institutions handle billing? We don't get an issued cell phone anymore here and some folks aren't willing to use their personal phone and add a SMS plan (I have unlimited SMS so I don't really care, but some folks have 100-200 sms/month).
nb
---
Nick Buraglio
Network Engineer
University of Illinois CITES / ICCN
GPG key 0x2E5B44F4
Phone: 217.689.4254
buraglio@illinois.edu
On Feb 17, 2011, at 10:48 AM, George Russ wrote:
> We monitor basics using WhatUpGold(WUG), and PRTG. The alerts go out
> our mail server through the internet(2). We purchased a Comcast line
> and hooked to another PC with WhatsUpGold on it so it would alert us if
> mail or critical systems were down.
> We also use the Comcast line for testing internet access to the college
> when adjusting our internet appliances or investigating complaints of
> access via internet.
>
>
> George
> =============================
> The Citadel
> ITS
> Director of Network Operations and Security
> =========================
>
> SUPPORTING EXCELLENCE IN THE EDUCATION OF
> PRINCIPLED LEADERS
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Resnet Forum [mailto:RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Clinton Eppleman
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:32 PM
> To: RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Network Monitoring Solution
>
> We are currently using IPmonitor to monitor our network devices (servers
> and
> switches). It is configured to send e-mails when devices do not reply
> to ping
> requests, and during non-business hours it sends text messages. SMS
> with a
> modem/POTS line seems to work reliably to Verizon phones, but does not
> work
> very well with AT&T (AT&T support has not been very helpful).
>
> What are you using to monitor network devices (IPmonitor, Whats Up Gold,
> etc.)
> and why would you recommend it? Do you have any issues with SMS?
> Is anyone sending SMS alerts to a Google Voice account?
>
> Thanks
>
> Clinton Eppleman
> Network Specialist
> Lycoming College
>
> ___________________________________________________
> You are subscribed to the ResNet-L mailing list.
>
> To subscribe, unsubscribe or search the archives,
> go to http://LISTSERV.ND.EDU/archives/resnet-l.html
> ___________________________________________________
>
> ___________________________________________________
> You are subscribed to the ResNet-L mailing list.
>
> To subscribe, unsubscribe or search the archives,
> go to http://LISTSERV.ND.EDU/archives/resnet-l.html
> ___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
You are subscribed to the ResNet-L mailing list.
To subscribe, unsubscribe or search the archives,
go to http://LISTSERV.ND.EDU/archives/resnet-l.html
___________________________________________________
