The document discusses several popular network monitoring tools, including SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, Datadog Network Performance Monitoring, Paessler PRTG Network Monitor, Atera, Site24x7 Cloud Network Monitoring System, ManageEngine OpManager, Nagios Core, Zabbix, Icinga, and Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard. For each tool, the document outlines their key features and provides an example screenshot of their monitoring dashboard interface. The tools generally utilize SNMP to monitor network devices and provide features like automatic device discovery, customizable dashboards, alerts, and reports.

1. Network Monitoring Tools
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2. Network Monitoring
• Term network monitoring is widespread throughout
the IT industry.
• Network monitoring is a critical IT process where
• All networking components like routers, switches,
firewalls, servers, and VMs are monitored.
• Fault and performance and evaluated continuously to
maintain and optimize their availability.
• One important aspect of network monitoring is that
finding performance issues and bottlenecks proactively
helps in identifying issues at the initial stage.
• Efficient proactive monitoring can prevent network
downtime or failures.

3. SNMP
• Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP)
– De facto protocol for TCP/IP networks
– Creates a managed network
• Components of SNMP
– SNMP manager
– Managed devices
– Management information bases

4. SNMP (cont’d.)
• SNMP manager function
– Requests and processes information from
managed devices
• Network management station (NMS)
– Specialized software run by the SNMP manager
• Agent
– Specialized software run by managed devices

5. Network Monitoring Tools

6. SolarWinds Network Performance
Monitor
• Comprehensive network performance
monitoring tool monitor the status of devices
with SNMP.
• It can automatically discover network devices
connected to your network.
• Use the dashboard to monitor the availability
and performance of connected network
devices from a holistic perspective.

7. Key features:
• SNMP monitoring
• Automatically discovers connected network
devices
• Network packet analysis
• Intelligent network maps with NetPath
• Create Wifi heat maps
• Alerts system
• Reports system

8. Figure: SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor Dashboard

9. Datadog Network Performance
Monitoring
• It is achieved through a cloud-based SaaS
infrastructure monitoring service.
• As the software for this service is based in the
cloud, you don’t have the worry of
maintaining a server to run the system on.
• The SaaS Datadog system even includes
storage space for the statistics that the
network monitor reaps while constantly
supervising the performance of your network.

10. Key features
• Scalable, cloud-based service suitable for all
network sizes and topologies
• SNMP-based monitoring with an
autodiscovery feature
• AI-based machine learning that provides
capacity predictions

11. Figure: Datadog Network Performance Monitoring (Website)

12. Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
• It is a free network monitoring suite that
uses SNMP, packet sniffing, and WMI to
monitor your network.
• Scan network segments to discover and add
devices to monitor.
• For greater visualization, the tool has
a customizable dashboard.
• Allows to produce real-time network maps of
your infrastructure.
Figure: Datadog Network Performance Monitoring (Website)

13. Key features
• SNMP monitoring
• Bandwidth monitoring
• Scan for network devices by IP segment
• Custom dashboards
• Threshold-based alerts system
• Reports system
• Customizable network maps

14. Figure: Paessler PRTG Network Monitor Dashboard

15. Atera
• Atera is a network monitor designed for use
by managed service providers (MSPs).
• Atera software is a service that is delivered
from the cloud.
• Do not need to maintain your own servers to
run this platform.
• The ability to just log into the system from any
device is very important because Atera
includes a high degree of automation.

16. Atera (cont’d.)
• The service monitors the client’s network and
only requires human attention when a
problem arises.
• In these instances, Atera generates an
alert and can send those out to the technician
through the mobile app.
• It is based on the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP).

17. Key features
• All-in-one solution with automatic network
discovery
• Real-time application and network device
monitor
• Powerful reporting, analytics, and alerts

18. Figure: ATERA Dashboard

19. Site24x7 Cloud Network Monitoring
System
• It uses SNMP to monitor your network.
• It is very easy to configure.
• Site 24×7 automatically discovers SNMP
devices by IP range.
• From then onwards, the user can use over
4,000 device templates to starting monitoring
out-of-the-gate without configuring
everything from scratch.

20. Key features
• Automatically discover SNMP devices by IP
range
• Network mapping
• Over 4000 device monitoring templates
• Rest APIs
• Server monitoring
• Website monitoring

21. Figure: Site24x7 Cloud Network Monitoring System Dashboard

22. ManageEngine OpManager
• It is a network monitoring solution that can
monitor the performance of network devices,
servers, routers, switches, and virtual machines in
real-time.
• Customizable dashboards provide over 200
widgets for you to create a unique monitoring
experience.
• The alerts system helps you to respond to
performance changes quickly.
• The program sends alerts by email and SMS to
keep you updated on any emerging problems.

23. Key features
• Automatic discovery
• Network mapping
• SNMP monitoring
• Email and SMS alerts
• Customizable dashboards

24. Figure: ManageEngine OpManager Monitor Dashboard

25. Nagios Core
• Open-source network monitor has a web
interface for monitoring network performance.
• Through the user network interface, Can be
monitored Current Network Status with Host
Status Totals and Network Service Status
Totals broken down at the top of the page.
• Track performance events through the alerts
system, which sends out notifications
by email and SMS.

26. Key features
• Performance dashboard
• Alerts system
• Availability reports
• Capacity planning
• Community-created plugins
• APIs

27. Figure: Nagios Core Monitor Dashboard

28. Zabbix
• Zabbix is an open-source network monitor that
combines network, server, cloud, application, and
services monitoring into one unified solution.
• It uses SNMP and IPMP to monitor your network.
• The autodiscovery feature automatically locates
network devices and adds them to be
monitored.
• Zabbix has a notification system.
• Alerts are sent by email, SMS, messenger,
jabber, or custom scripts to update you on
evolving network security events.

29. Key features
• Autodiscovery feature
• SNMP and IPMP monitoring
• Application monitoring
• Server monitoring
• Network monitoring templates
• Automatic detection of configuration changes
• Alerts system

30. Figure: ZABBIX Monitor Dashboard

31. Icinga
• Icinga is an open-source network monitoring
tool that monitors the performance of your
network, cloud-service, and data center.
• The software is web-based and can be configured
through the GUI or with the Domain Specific
Language (DSL).
• Can be loged in to the GUI and use the dashboard
to view an overview of performance
management.
• The dashboard displays whether there are any
problems with performance or availability.

32. Key features
• Web-based GUI
• DSL configuration available
• Dashboard
• Icinga Modules / Extensions

33. Figure: icinga Monitor Dashboard

34. Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard
• Popular free network monitoring software.
• Through the web-based GUI, you access the
dashboard and monitor the availability of your
network infrastructure in real-time.
• The alerts system lets you know about any
performance fluctuations so you receive
notifications via email.
• It is ideal for smaller enterprises that are looking
for an affordable network performance
monitoring solution.

35. Key features
• Web-based GUI
• Real-time dashboard
• Graphs
• Email alerts

36. Figure: Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard

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