Open Source Network Administration

Title:              Open Source Network Administration
Authors:        James M. Kretchmar
ISBN-10(13): 0130462101
Publisher:      Prentice Hall PTR
Published:     September 22, 2003
Edition:         1st Edition
Language:     English

Open Source Network Adminstration is a collection of open source tools for streamlining and improving virtually every facet of network administration.

Every tool is described in detail, with easy instructions for retrieval, installation from source, configuration and real-world usage.

Coverage includes:

MRTG: Graph bandwidth and other router and network statistics

NEO: Unify the administration of SNMP switches, routers, and other devices

Flow-Tools: Collect and process crucial interface-level Cisco NetFlow traffic data

Oak: Collect and distill syslog messages from servers and network equipment, and automatically send trouble alerts

Sysmon and Nagios: Monitor network hardware and servers and notify administrators of problems

Build your own tools with Bourne Shell and Perl scripting language

In all, this book is a complete guide to monitoring your network and help troubleshoot problems that might occur. Its structure is extremly good and will certainly become any administrator's best friend!