Network monitoring

Monitoring servers, network elements and other devices is now a necessity if we want to manage our network. The possibilities and areas to be monitored are numerous. If we know the appropriate technologies, we can build quality monitoring for free. So let's take a look at the options along with the technologies that are available.

A separate chapter of monitoring is the monitoring and analysis of data flows in the network. The NetFlow protocol is used for this purpose. The second area is the monitoring and management of devices on the network. If we understand the most widely used protocol, SNMP, we can achieve amazing results on our own or with monitoring systems.

or Some tips on how to use PowerShell. Every network needs supervision (monitoring, control) and the bigger it is, the more difficult it is to perform various checks manually. There are a number of systems that will do these checks for us, but the complex ones usually cost a lot of money. Yet everything can be built for free with less or more effort. The important thing is to understand what interests us in our network and what we want to be alerted to. Then we can create single-purpose scripts that give us the insight we need.