The best Network monitoring tools

freelinuxcpp · 03-20-2004, 05:25 AM

hello folk
i want to know if there is an equivalent to the famous "what's up" windows based network monitoring tool for linux i did a little googlation for this but i haven't found so much , any suggestion would be apreciated !
thnx

AutOPSY · 03-20-2004, 06:39 AM

Ethereal is for monitoring network packets, if thats what you mean.

What are you trying to monitor exactly?

charon79m · 03-20-2004, 08:24 AM

Ethereal for network packet sniffing.

Nmap for scanning.

Snort for intrusion detection.

MRTG for monitoring router utilization and anything else SNMP enabled.

Cheers,

MrKnisely

binhnx2000 · 03-20-2004, 10:09 AM

If only need Network Monitor Tools. Use iptraf, it very small and run good....

Good Luck

freelinuxcpp · 03-21-2004, 02:20 AM

well thnx for the reply
what i m really looking for is a tools which can show me all my network machines status , mean if it's up or down( ping) , and also the status of the daemons running on each machine (port interogations) this is what "what's up" do on windows it monitors the networks activity and services status , on linux there is "MON" it can do the same thing but with less features than what's up i m looking for a good tools under X which can replace 'what'sup' to forget windows for ever .

AlteciTiger · 04-20-2004, 07:30 PM

Nagios is what you want. You can find it at: http://www.nagios.org/

I found it by touring a Data Center once. You know the big screens in the NOC? During the tour I saw Nagios on the screen and had a feeling it was a Free Linux program, sure enough it is. And it works great!

John