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Rex Global Network Management Resources

Applications (Freeware/Shareware)

• Argus - System and network monitoring software

• Ethereal - Network protocol analyzer for UNIX. Can read data from off the wire or from a capture from another application

• FreeIPdb -  IP database for managing IP address assignments

• MON - A service monitoring daemon for UNIX

• MRTG - Multi Router Traffic Grapher - Freeware tool to monitor traffic on network links via a web interface

• Nets - An open source network management and inventory system

• NetPerf - Home of the NetPerformance system benchmarking tool

• NetSaint Network Monitor - Freeware tool for monitoring hosts and services

• OpenNMS - Open-source network management platform

• Ping Scanner - Freeware tool for pinging multiple IP addresses

• Qcheck - Free tool for testing network latency and availability

• Sam Spade - Provides web-based UNIX tools such as ping, traceroute, whois and more

• SNIPS (System & Network Integrated Polling Software) - UNIX-based system and network monitoring software

• SNMP4thePC - Public Domain SNMP client for Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and Novell

• Sysmon- A public domain UNIX based tool for network monitoring

• TCPDUMP - A freeware packet capture application for UNIX

• Westbay Online Traffic Calculators - Web-based calculators for determining bandwidth requirements for call center applications, Voice over IP, and more. 

NMS Product User Groups/Associations/Resources

• HP OpenView - HP's technical support center for OpenView

• NCUsers - Veritas NerveCenter user's association.  Provides training resources, a mailing list, and more

• NetCoolUsers.org - Micromuse's NetCool user's group.  Provides links to mailing lists, training, downloads and more 

• OpenView Forum International - HP OpenView user's association.  Also administers HP-OV users mailing list

• Tivoli - IBM's official support site for all things Tivoli 

Network Analysis

• Basic Packet Filtering - Part one of a two-part article focusing on protocol analysis filtering for network troubleshooting, optimization and security

• Advanced Packet Filtering - Part two of above - Both papers by Laura Chappell of Protocol Analysis Institute

• Network Uptime - Resources for network and protocol analysis professionals

• Packet-Level - Laura Chappell's resource for network analysis. Includes whitepapers, podbooks, and trace file examples

• Pine Mountain Group - Network Analyst Resource List

SNMP

• SNMP FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions for the comp.protocols.snmp newsgroup

• SNMP Link - Provides a clearinghouse of information on SNMP

• SNMP Research - SNMP.com's collection of SNMP resources

• SNMP World - Tons of resources on the Simple Network Management Protocol

Miscellaneous

• Ben's On-Line Web Utilities - Web-based access to tools such as ping,traceroute, whois and more

• ESnet Network Monitoring Taskforce - Extensive collection of NMS information, tutorials, white papers, and tools

• Integrated Communications Management of Broadband Networks - Free downloadable book on management of broadband networks

• W3J.Com have launched a series of management guides and kits, covering Balanced Scorecard, ERP, Process Engineering and Knowledge Management

• Network Management Survival Guide - Concord's guide to common network management terms and concepts

Staffing

• How Many Administrators Are Enough? - Article by Mark Verber.  Provides general guidelines for determining proper staffing levels

• Michigan Staffing Guidelines - a comprehensive IT staffing program created by merit

• Truth about Tech Support - Article covering challenges and guidelines for supporting IT

Web / Java Based Network Management

• The Web Based Management Page - Information on Web based network management and the WBEM initiative. Also a link to the Java Based Management Page

Web Site/Internet Performance Management

• Keynote Systems - Offers free Internet performance appraisal services and a regular newsletter on Internet performance issues