SNMP can be helpful for managing large networks, and some router
manufacturers are including SNMP functions in their routers, most
notably Linksys. You'll need to use some sort of SNMP utility
to capture and read the generated messages, however. Linux
and Unix users won't have much of a problem finding SNMP Trap utilities,
but Windows and MacOS users may need more help.
SNMP
Software
3COM'sTranscend Network supervisor
[Free] [OS:Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT 4.0]
Discovers SNMP devices on your network and monitor messages
from them. Also can map your network.
Dartware's SNMP Watcher [30 day
demo. $99]
[OS:MacOS System 7 or later, and either MacTCP version 2.0.6
or later, or Open Transport version 1.1 or later ]
This package contains a configurable snmp trap daemon. The output
of this snmp daemon may be specified via a configuration file
and written to a logfile or to the syslog daemon.
Accton's AccView/Open (SW6102)
[Free] [OS:Windows 95, 98, other Win?] Suite of SNMP applications. Not well documented or implemented,
but has many modules.
Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) [Free] [Thnx
Walt Guimbellot!] [OS:Unix, Linux and Win32; view compatibility
list] SNMP tool for measuring bandwidth, trending, and it can also
be used to graph any two variables. Binaries and source are available.
SimpleWeb provides links and information on network
management, including software, RFCs and tutorials. The focus
is on SNMP and Internet management, but people interested in other
management technologies will also find interesting information.
Maintained by the Telematics Systems and Services management group
(TSS) of the University of Twente (the Netherlands), in collaboration
with Jürgen Schönwälder of the TU Braunschweig (Germany).
Software section has a nice Search tool, that lets
you search by OS and whether something is free.
