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    • wirestyle22W
      wirestyle22 @siringo
      last edited by

      @siringo To add to @scottalanmiller's comment, if you want something that looks good and is easily readable you can pair Zabbix with Grafana.

      grafana zabbix.png

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403 @wirestyle22
        last edited by

        @wirestyle22 I've been wanting to do this, pair zabbix with Grafana but I just haven't yet.

        Do you have a guide on how to do this @wirestyle22 ?

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        • wirestyle22W
          wirestyle22 @DustinB3403
          last edited by wirestyle22

          @DustinB3403 No, sorry. I did this a few years ago and whatever I used is in my old employers internal wiki. I do want to do it again soon though (hopefully this week) and could probably write one myself.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @360col
            last edited by

            @360col said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:

            There is PRTG but last I check only give you 10 (free) sensors. So can only monitor one or two host at best. Last I used it many moons ago it was a very complex product to setup & use.

            Also try https://mikrotik.com/thedude. Never used it but have heard of it.

            Yeah, good product on Windows, but the limits are really for "itty bitty shops" or "testing."

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            • dafyreD
              dafyre
              last edited by dafyre

              If you are wanting something simple-ish for Windows, what about The Dude from Mikrotik?

              https://mikrotik.com/thedude

              It runs on Windows and will do most of what you want.

              It's been a while since I've used this, but it will work. I don't know that it keeps the history or anything like that (you lose it if you restart the server / service?).

              Edit: Nevermind me, apparently, I'm blind.

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              • wrx7mW
                wrx7m
                last edited by

                @360col said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:

                There is PRTG but last I check only give you 10 (free) sensors. So can only monitor one or two host at best. Last I used it many moons ago it was a very complex product to setup & use.

                Also try https://mikrotik.com/thedude. Never used it but have heard of it.

                PRTG 100 is now free. That means 100 free sensors.
                https://www.paessler.com/company/newsletter/nlarchive/2015/the-pulse/prtg-100-cw15

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @dafyre
                  last edited by

                  @dafyre said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:

                  Edit: Nevermind me, apparently, I'm blind.

                  Only runs from router hardware last I knew.

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                  • siringoS
                    siringo
                    last edited by

                    Hey folks, thanks for all the replies, I'll check out the Dude, I reckon I looked at that a few years ago for some reason, can't remember anything about it except the name.

                    You guys are too literal, I already Windows hosts I can run this free monitoring tool on, so I won't be purchasing Windows to run this thing.

                    It's also for office people to glance at, should they receive a call from Office X saying they can't reach server B at location C. The idea is that the office person can look at a screen and see that server B is either down, or the whole site is down or multiple sites are down.

                    I guess I just need connectivity monitoring that displays red green and yellow.

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @siringo
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                      @siringo said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:

                      I guess I just need connectivity monitoring that displays red green and yellow

                      Multiple ping sessions could solve that...

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                        360col @DustinB3403
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                        @DustinB3403 said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:

                        Multiple ping sessions could solve that...

                        Then use https://www.hammer-software.com/metaping/

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                        My go to for such things.

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                        • dafyreD
                          dafyre @360col
                          last edited by

                          @360col said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:

                          @DustinB3403 said in Free Server/Network Monitor?:

                          Multiple ping sessions could solve that...

                          Then use https://www.hammer-software.com/metaping/

                          alt text

                          My go to for such things.

                          I've used that one a time or two. I don't know why I didn't think of it!

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