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Spiceworks is another:<br />
<a href="http://www.spiceworks.com/" rel="ugc">http://www.spiceworks.com/</a>
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Spiceworks is another:
http://www.spiceworks.com/ [http://www.spiceworks.com/]

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What open source or free utilities can I use to monitor, discover, and diagnose LAN problems? &nbsp;Latency is one area that I need to focus on.<br />
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LAN specs: ~50 client PCs, running mostly WinXP but a few OSX Macs, 6 servers Win2k/2003 mix with two XServes and one Irix box.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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Ben
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What open source or free utilities can I use to monitor, discover, and diagnose LAN problems?  Latency is one area that I need to focus on.

LAN specs: ~50 client PCs, running mostly WinXP but a few OSX Macs, 6 servers Win2k/2003 mix with two XServes and one Irix box.


Thanks,

Ben

Need Utilities to Monitor and Diagnose LAN Issues

Network analysis is the process of identifying and remediating the processes and systems within a network, including performance, connectivity and security. The process is performed through the use of tools developed for monitoring and analyzing network activity. Network problems that involve finding an optimal way of doing something are studied under the name combinatorial optimization. Examples include network flow, shortest path problem, transport problem, transshipment problem, location problem, matching problem, assignment problem, packing problem, routing problem, Critical Path Analysis and PERT (Program Evaluation & Review Technique).

Network Analysis

Network Operations includes asset management, help-desk supervision, security and user policies, infrastructure administration and anything else that affects the operation of your network. Discussions will include those of best practices in platforms, configurations, performance, security and accounting.

Network Operations

Network Management involves issues that are independent of specific hardware or software, including email policies, upgrade planning, backup scheduling and working with managed service providers for Desktop-As-A-Service (DaaS), Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) and the like through the use of tools, coupled with manufacturer standards, best practice guidelines, policies and procedures plus all other relevant documentation. Network management also includes monitoring, alerting and reporting, management reporting, planning for device or service updates, the backup of configurations, the setting of key performance indicators and measures (KPIs/KPMs), associated service level agreements and problem records as part of the IT Service Management (ITSM) framework.