A short presentation on active network monitoring: what it is, how it is implemented and what its benefits are. If you want to learn more, check out https://netbeez.net

1. What is Active Network
Monitoring?
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2. Active Network Monitoring
Active network monitoring is real-time testing, performed by software agents
or hardware sensors, on network infrastructure and against applications to
verify that the network (or applications) are available and performing well.
Monitored
Object
(Target)
Monitoring
Agent

3. NetBeez Active Tests
* Default values for NetBeez
Test Primary Metric Test interval* Detection time*
PING RTT, Packet loss 5 seconds 25 seconds
DNS Lookup time 30 seconds 2.5 minutes
HTTP HTTP Get time 60 seconds 5 minutes
Traceroute Hop count, RTT, MTU 120 seconds User-defined
iPerf TCP/UDP/Multicast Throughput User-defined n/a
VoIP Jitter, Packet Loss, MOS User-defined n/a
Speedtest Download/Upload Throughput User-defined n/a

4. Benefits of Active Network Monitoring
1. Build a baseline on network and application performance
2. Quick detection of network and application issues
3. Easy to implement and scalable