Open-Source Network Management Tools

Fri Sep 17 17:43:03 UTC 2004

>> I'm looking for open-source alternatives for network management,
>> such as Nagios or Big Brother. We are currently using WhatsUp Gold,
>> and would like to move to something more flexible (and not running
>> on a Windows platform). Something that has email/paging
>> capabilities, and can process SNMP traps would be a plus for us as
>> well.
>>> 
>> Recommendations?
>> 
>> Thanks.

Have a look at http://www.itprc.com/nms.htm - I put together a list of open
source/free NMS tools a while ago, hopefully it is still somewhat current.

irwin