Questions tagged [network-management]
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How do I set OpenNMS to have two types of Node Down events with different severities?
For example, I have laptops in one subnet which keep turning on and off so if a node on that subnet went down I'd class that as an intermediate incident.
However, on another subnet there are critical ...
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HP 2530: multiple management IP Addresses possible?
I have two HP 2530 switches in our hosting center. Because of some VPN problems between our office and the HC, i need to change their management IP Addresses to a different IP network.
Currently they ...
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Polycom VOIP phone seems to mask the secondary device's MAC address from a Cisco switch
When I have a Polycom VOIP phone plugged into a Cisco switch and a laptop plugged into the Polycom phone I get the following.
1) The phone goes into the voice VLAN as expected.
2) The laptop goes ...
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Community string indexing error in non-cisco switches
I am trying to retrieve CAM table information from non-cisco switches. I am using D-Link DES 3526 and Brocade fastiron sx 800 switches and installed net-snmp. When I execute the cmd: $snmpwalk -v ...
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Letting users make their own dns changes? Any software available to manage this tricky situation?
I currently waste a lot of time making dns changes for my organization. DDNS of course helps for workstations, but we still have a few thousand unique servers with still more applications needing ...
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Policy routing script for linux
I am looking for some policy routing script for linux that isn't a part of a firewall, there are tools like shorewall and others but I prefer something more simple.
I only need a script that can set ...
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How to manage group of Linksys SRW224G4 switches?
I have 18 Linksys SRW224G4 switches. As far as I know, they can be managed only one by one via web-interface that works only in IE. Is there any way to automate this process?
More specifically, now I ...
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use of nmap clogged my network
I was using nmap to scan the mac addresses of my network.What I found was internet connections and rest of network services badly clogged the users were not able to connect to internet.After messing ...
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Which network performance management software do you use? [closed]
I am looking at the various options available for network performance management software, some of the solutions I've found so far are:
Proprietary: HP - ProCurve
Universal: SolarWinds - Orion
Open ...
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How to manage Infrastructure projects vs Helpdesk [closed]
In pretty much any IT dept that manages a network, you have to find a way to balance time between Helpdesk calls (frequent, simple things like 'I cant print') and longer term infrastructure projects (...
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Tips for moving an established network environment to a more streamlined setup
Greetings, for a little bit of background the network we are dealing with is moving into it's 3rd generation of administration. That being said there are still devices/configuration's that are left ...
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Squid delay pools and multiple ACLs evaluation
I am testing squid 3.0 on a ubuntu amd64 box. I am facing a problem with the delay pool classes when I set the delay_access parameters with multiple ACLs. Have been going through the squid wiki and ...
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Which network management system (NMS) to choose?
I need to integrate NMS in large enterprise system for data collection purposes. Primary requirements:
collection by SNMP
great scalability (up to 1,000 devices with 1,000 interfaces each)
failover
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Software for network hardware asset management, quite big problem!
Not an issue for a small network, but becomes a pain when it grows. How can I track what ever happens to my network's hardware (repairs, upgrades, whatever) if I don't want to dig into loads of Excel ...
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maximum number of connections Squid
I have a Squid proxy server that controls all internet traffic for my network.
I need a way to stop users from downloading big files (say >50MB) in my network. I banned some famous ports (e.g. ...
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Central configuration for DHCP, DNS and Firewall
What software do you use for central network management ?
What I mean is, you record a machine's name, mac address, open ports and other info, and the program generates DHCP, DNS and Firewall ...