8 Feb, 2009 in Monitoring by admin

Webmin is a valuable tool used for the configuration of Linux-based servers. I install Webmin by default on all of my Linux boxes simply due to it’s ease of use. Webmin installs an HTTP-based GUI which you can get to by using port 10000 from a browser.

3 Dec, 2008 in Monitoring by admin

If your SNMP queries fail, then verify that:

You restarted your snmp.conf file so the configuration settings become active. Remember, the snmpd.conf file is only read by the snmpd daemon when it starts up.
You are using the correct community string.
Firewalls aren’t preventing SNMP queries from the SNMP client to the SNMP target.
Your SNMP security policy allows [...]

3 Dec, 2008 in Monitoring by admin

There are currently three versions of SNMP.

SNMP Version 1: The first version of SNMP to be implemented, version 1 was designed to be a protocol to provide device statistics and error reporting without consuming a lot of system resources. Security was limited to community strings and access controls based on the IP address of the [...]

1 Nov, 2008 in Monitoring, NETWORKING by admin

Bandwidth in computer networking refers to the data rate supported by a network connection or interface. One most commonly expresses bandwidth in terms of bits per second (bps). The term comes from the field of electrical engineering, where bandwidth represents the total distance or range between the highest and lowest signals on the communication channel [...]