Good, Free, Nework Monitor/Alert

[snootalope]

Got a hole slew of Windows 2003 boxes that I'd like to find a network monitor for that will notify me via email when one of the boxes drops offline.

I've used google to try and find a good, FREE network monitor that'll do this. But it's an endless loop of different flavor apps that I'm really not impressed by. I know, I'm looking for something free and should be so picky, but there's gotta be some opensource stuff out there that does this with very little overhead. I don't need something that's full blown that'll draw maps for me and tell if there's a scratch on the back of it. Just something to ping and alert.

Any of you admins have some advice for me on what to check out? Remember, FREE!

Thanks!

 

[cckens]

Try Spiceworks...

http://www.spiceworks.com

It's free and has very little overhead. I've got it running on a little side box and it also handles helpdesk tickets for the small company I do IT for. It also handles hardware/software inventory, reporting, and has a dashboard for a one look monitor of my network.

Ken

"cckens is a nick... why the H-E- double-hockey-sticks am I using a nick for a name? Am I afraid of who I am?"
-me
"...don't know why, but I think of chickens when I see that nick...maybe even choking chickens???"
-Tony (wahnula)

 

[tfg13]

I've used Nagios, Cacti, and several pay for services. I liked the graphing capability of Cacti, and it was "easy" to set up. Nagios got pretty deep, and was a pain to set up. If the money is there, What's Up Gold, Tivoli, and/or HP Openview are good, but are there are also resource issues along with the price of the license.

 

[TonHu]

Have a look at thread931-1526601