Network Monitoring With Debian Linux

Here's a detailed writeup on configuring a box to monitor cisco routers using MRTG and based around my favorite distro, Debian!

Debian Linux Network Monitoring with MRTG and SNMP

Network administrators need to "see" whats going on with their network. They need to know what the traffic on their network is comprised of, who's using the bandwidth, and how their infrastructure is handling the load. Fortunately, Linux runs a wide variety of free, open source network monitoring and traffic analysis applications that can give net admins this type of insight.

Many of these applications utilize server-based daemons which generate HTML-formatted data that can be viewed from anywhere on the network using a Web browser. This allows you to set up monitoring systems at remote points on your network and access them from a central location to establish centralized monitoring. The applications we will set up on this page are.