![]() This gives a near real time view of network bandwidth utilization. We already had a small Cacti installation that just needed to be expanded to include the majority of our core routers (it was mainly being used for ancillary routers and switches), and then I drew the map on top of an existing Visio I exported to PNG. That was until I found PHP Weathermap, which can be installed as a Cacti plugin. Strangely, the tools have all advanced, but I had yet to find something to do an equivalant graphical view of the network. This was real-time and was the ultimate in network monitoring at the time. I used to use a tool called tkined back in the day to monitor our ISP network via bandwidth graphs overlayed on a network diagram. ![]() These cost millions of dollars to buy, hundreds of thousands of dollars to customize and equally as much to get the basics working in your environment. Currently we’re implementing a rather large network monitoring setup from several large companies, mostly with TLAs as their company names. Once again, open source proves its usefulness. ![]() PHP Weathermap and Cacti Posted: J| Author: clintsharp | Filed under: Tech | 3 Comments
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