Router Monitoring With Nagios
Capabilities
Nagios provides complete router monitoring via SNMP. Routers can be monitored via SNMP v1, 2c, or 3. Thousands of different network devices are enabled by default for this type of monitoring. You can easily monitor Port utilization on the router as well as the current port status. Additionally, by querying other SNMP metric on the router with Nagios plugins you can monitor the following metrics for each port on the router
- ifInUcastPkts
- ifOutUcastPkts
- ifInNUcastPkts
- ifOutNUcastPkts
- ifInDiscards
- ifOutDiscards
- ifInErrors
- ifOutErrors
- ifInUnknownProtos
- and so many more!
Nagios XI makes this process even easier by allowing you to run the router monitoring wizard to automate the whole setup process.
Benefits
Implementing effective router monitoring with Nagios offers the following benefits:
- Agentless monitoring
- Ability to track per-port bandwidth utilization and errors
- Increased server, services, and application availability
- Fast detection of network outages and protocol failures
Solutions
These Nagios solutions provide router monitoring capabilities and benefits:
Video
Resources
- SNMP Monitoring Wizard
- SNMP Trap Nagios XI Wizard
- Linux SNMP Wizard
- SNMP Monitoring Plugins
- More SNMP Monitoring Plugins
- SNMP Addons
Documentation
- Monitoring Linux Using SNMP
- Integrating SNMP Traps With Nagios XI
- Monitoring Linux Using SNMP
- Sending SNMP Traps With Nagios XI
See Also
Recommended Software: Nagios XI
Nagios XI is the most powerful and trusted infrastructure monitoring tool on the market. Millions of users and thousands of companies - ranging from Fortune 500s to small business owners - trust Nagios XI to get the job done.