SNMP for windows

[jgassner2]

Hi
Does anyone know of an easy to use/set up SNMP program out there for windows that is free? I have tried Cacti but that thing is way out of my league. So if you have any information please let me know.

Thanks

 

[nbowden]

Hi,

I'm not aware of too many free Windows based tools. The most well-known I guess is MRTG which can be used on Windows and Unix :

http://www.mrtg.org.

Also, what is it specifically that you are trying to do ?

HTH


Nigel Bowden

http://www.bowden-software.com

 

[PalmTest]

Go to

http://www.openinnovations.com/mrtgbundle.html

and scroll down to download the MRTG Bundle 2.1.0
Read the Readme's and install on C:\
Then go to c:\mrtg\mrtg\lib\mrtg2\ and edit the file BER.PM
Somewhere at the end of the file you might find the line
return error("Sequence expected") unless $result == sequence tag | constructor flag;
Edit into
return error("Sequence expected") unless $result == sequence tag or constructor flag;
and save the file.
Now MRTG is ready to run.
Read the html's in c:\mrtg\mrtg\doc\

 

[LizardKingSchwing]

The best free snmp utility out there for windows is GetIF

http://www.wtcs.org/snmp4tpc/getif.htm

Cheers

 

[jgassner2]

Hi guys
Sorry I didn't get to respond to your question Nigel, but I have been juggling two jobs; getting an SNMP server set up and setting up a PIX for a customer's site. I have heard of MRTG and I am trying that out with others. At this point all suggestions are welcome. What I am basically trying to do is monitor our switchs and servers so when something like a user loses connectivity we can be notified and tell what the problem is.

 

[lgarner]

Neither will do that. What you want is an NMS, like OpenView, OpenNMS, Nagios, Big Brother, etc. If you want immediate notification, you can use an SNMP trap receiver built into the NMS, or use syslog and a log watcher.

You can monitor when an user loses connectivity, but remember that the user turning off or rebooting the computer will also cause a notification. I'd just monitor the servers and key interfaces of the network devices.

 

[LizardKingSchwing]

Theres not many free ones out there to do this , you can get a free evaluation download of NetWatch from Crannog Software here ..

http://www.crannog-software.com