SNMP
Just What is WMI?
Tweet The Basics of WMI and Why You Need to Monitor It WMI is short for Windows Management Instrumentation. The technical definition for WMI is the infrastructure for management data and operations on windows-based operating systems. It is based upon the Desktop Management Task Force (DTMF) standard and is a specific set of extensions to [...]
SNMP – DEMYSTIFIED
TweetSNMP – DEMYSTIFIED The term “SNMP” gets thrown around a lot when you start talking about Network Management and everyone seems to know that it’s an integral part of the Monitoring process. But really, how does Simple Network Management Protocol help you manage your Network? Well, basically Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is the motherboard [...]
Enabling SNMP on Windows Devices with WhatsUp Gold
TweetWhatsUp Gold Guru Video Need to Enable SNMP on your Windows Devices? There is a wealth of information about your Windows devices available via SNMP – from CPU, memory and disk utilization to internal temperature – but configuring Windows to let you at it can be a challenge. In this short SNMP video, WhatsUp Guru [...]
The Network Managers TOP 10
TweetHere is a useful list of tips that network administrators can leverage in their everyday travails. 1. Assume nothing. Where does the real fault lie? Is it really the network or something else? Go to #10… 2. Is IP addressing correct? Proper subnetting and VLANs? 3. Conduct a visual inspection of the equipment. 4. Validate [...]
20 New Features of WhatsUp Gold v12 Network Monitoring Software
TweetIpswitch has been working hard on a new release of their network monitoring software and it is finally here. So without any further delay, let me highlight a few of the 20 new features of Whats Up Gold v12.0 that bring 360o visibility, actionable intelligence and complete control to network managers. Split Second Graphs – bring [...]
Trust Your Team as Well as Your Systems
TweetBreach, which is set for release in a few weeks, focuses on the true story of an FBI upstart who must investigate his boss who is suspected to be selling secrets to the Soviet Union. For those of you who read the story in paperback or in weekly new journals, a strong lesson materializes in [...]
Early SNMP versions are useless as security for high-risk environments
TweetFrom Network World’s Network/Systems Management Newsletter Security products over the past decade have considerably hardened networks and systems exposed to public or other high- or elevated-risk environments. Firewalls have effectively limited connectivity to specific services and protocols, while systems exposed in elevated-risk zones have been streamlined down to their essentials, with discovery and remediation of [...]
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