1. Network Monitoring Tools
Muhammad Qawar (MIT-18-34)
Bilal Sajjad (MIT-18-50)
Muhammad Yaqoob (MIT-18-24)
Khalil Ali (MIT-18-16)
Muhammad Rehan (MIT-18-19)
2. Network Monitoring
• Term network monitoring is widespread throughout
the IT industry.
• Network monitoring is a critical IT process where
• All networking components like routers, switches,
firewalls, servers, and VMs are monitored.
• Fault and performance and evaluated continuously to
maintain and optimize their availability.
• One important aspect of network monitoring is that
finding performance issues and bottlenecks proactively
helps in identifying issues at the initial stage.
• Efficient proactive monitoring can prevent network
downtime or failures.
3. SNMP
• Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP)
– De facto protocol for TCP/IP networks
– Creates a managed network
• Components of SNMP
– SNMP manager
– Managed devices
– Management information bases
4. SNMP (cont’d.)
• SNMP manager function
– Requests and processes information from
managed devices
• Network management station (NMS)
– Specialized software run by the SNMP manager
• Agent
– Specialized software run by managed devices
6. SolarWinds Network Performance
Monitor
• Comprehensive network performance
monitoring tool monitor the status of devices
with SNMP.
• It can automatically discover network devices
connected to your network.
• Use the dashboard to monitor the availability
and performance of connected network
devices from a holistic perspective.
9. Datadog Network Performance
Monitoring
• It is achieved through a cloud-based SaaS
infrastructure monitoring service.
• As the software for this service is based in the
cloud, you don’t have the worry of
maintaining a server to run the system on.
• The SaaS Datadog system even includes
storage space for the statistics that the
network monitor reaps while constantly
supervising the performance of your network.
10. Key features
• Scalable, cloud-based service suitable for all
network sizes and topologies
• SNMP-based monitoring with an
autodiscovery feature
• AI-based machine learning that provides
capacity predictions
12. Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
• It is a free network monitoring suite that
uses SNMP, packet sniffing, and WMI to
monitor your network.
• Scan network segments to discover and add
devices to monitor.
• For greater visualization, the tool has
a customizable dashboard.
• Allows to produce real-time network maps of
your infrastructure.
Figure: Datadog Network Performance Monitoring (Website)
13. Key features
• SNMP monitoring
• Bandwidth monitoring
• Scan for network devices by IP segment
• Custom dashboards
• Threshold-based alerts system
• Reports system
• Customizable network maps
15. Atera
• Atera is a network monitor designed for use
by managed service providers (MSPs).
• Atera software is a service that is delivered
from the cloud.
• Do not need to maintain your own servers to
run this platform.
• The ability to just log into the system from any
device is very important because Atera
includes a high degree of automation.
16. Atera (cont’d.)
• The service monitors the client’s network and
only requires human attention when a
problem arises.
• In these instances, Atera generates an
alert and can send those out to the technician
through the mobile app.
• It is based on the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP).
17. Key features
• All-in-one solution with automatic network
discovery
• Real-time application and network device
monitor
• Powerful reporting, analytics, and alerts
19. Site24x7 Cloud Network Monitoring
System
• It uses SNMP to monitor your network.
• It is very easy to configure.
• Site 24×7 automatically discovers SNMP
devices by IP range.
• From then onwards, the user can use over
4,000 device templates to starting monitoring
out-of-the-gate without configuring
everything from scratch.
20. Key features
• Automatically discover SNMP devices by IP
range
• Network mapping
• Over 4000 device monitoring templates
• Rest APIs
• Server monitoring
• Website monitoring
22. ManageEngine OpManager
• It is a network monitoring solution that can
monitor the performance of network devices,
servers, routers, switches, and virtual machines in
real-time.
• Customizable dashboards provide over 200
widgets for you to create a unique monitoring
experience.
• The alerts system helps you to respond to
performance changes quickly.
• The program sends alerts by email and SMS to
keep you updated on any emerging problems.
23. Key features
• Automatic discovery
• Network mapping
• SNMP monitoring
• Email and SMS alerts
• Customizable dashboards
25. Nagios Core
• Open-source network monitor has a web
interface for monitoring network performance.
• Through the user network interface, Can be
monitored Current Network Status with Host
Status Totals and Network Service Status
Totals broken down at the top of the page.
• Track performance events through the alerts
system, which sends out notifications
by email and SMS.
26. Key features
• Performance dashboard
• Alerts system
• Availability reports
• Capacity planning
• Community-created plugins
• APIs
28. Zabbix
• Zabbix is an open-source network monitor that
combines network, server, cloud, application, and
services monitoring into one unified solution.
• It uses SNMP and IPMP to monitor your network.
• The autodiscovery feature automatically locates
network devices and adds them to be
monitored.
• Zabbix has a notification system.
• Alerts are sent by email, SMS, messenger,
jabber, or custom scripts to update you on
evolving network security events.
29. Key features
• Autodiscovery feature
• SNMP and IPMP monitoring
• Application monitoring
• Server monitoring
• Network monitoring templates
• Automatic detection of configuration changes
• Alerts system
31. Icinga
• Icinga is an open-source network monitoring
tool that monitors the performance of your
network, cloud-service, and data center.
• The software is web-based and can be configured
through the GUI or with the Domain Specific
Language (DSL).
• Can be loged in to the GUI and use the dashboard
to view an overview of performance
management.
• The dashboard displays whether there are any
problems with performance or availability.
32. Key features
• Web-based GUI
• DSL configuration available
• Dashboard
• Icinga Modules / Extensions
34. Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
• Popular free network monitoring software.
• Through the web-based GUI, you access the
dashboard and monitor the availability of your
network infrastructure in real-time.
• The alerts system lets you know about any
performance fluctuations so you receive
notifications via email.
• It is ideal for smaller enterprises that are looking
for an affordable network performance
monitoring solution.
