Re[2]: Network Monitors

[dcostello () es-group net]

I've been experimenting with a product called Servers Alive.  You can find it at
www.woodstone.nu.  So far it seems pretty good.  You can check multiple
protocols, 10 defined plus you can add your own via port number, straight ping,
NT services, NetWare services and a few other things.  It does email as well as
alpha and numeric paging and you can get a 10 service verions for free.

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Subject:    Re: Network Monitors 
Author: Johnny Shelley <syntax () nations net>
Date:       11/30/99 7:16 PM

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Kaptain wrote:

> Hi all, a slightly off topic question:
>
> Any recommendations on network monitors to verify smtp, http, and
> firewall online status (ping) of various machines.  I'm looking for
> something that can send a page or an e-mail if there is a problem. Thanks!

I use a tool called autostatus (sorry I don't see a webpage for it on the
generated output, but I'll dig through it tomorrow if you have a hard time
locating it).  Autostatus can check for icmp reply and do tcp port
checking as well.  As an added bonus, it can check key points (such as a
router) and will not check machines that depend on that link being up if
it fails.  It can send email output as well as generate a webpage so you
can view the status of all machines.

johnny
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