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How to monitor if Access Points are running - Monitor health of network
I would like to add multiple access points to a private network. I am not trying to hop from one point to another but thinking that I want to create a mesh type network so people can move around and have wide coverage. We will have cat6 ethernet cables ran to each location and the signals should be overlapping each other. We will have about 8-10 access points and I would like to remotely monitor the heath of the network and that all of the AP are up and running. Better yet, it would be great to be notified if there is a problem. I was thinking about using Open-Mesh. Does this sound like a good approach or heading the wrong direction. Suggestions.
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Billy. Would I have to have a workstation or server running at all times to utilize the monitoring recommendation?
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I have ordered routers from Open-Mesh for evaluation. Simple to set-up and add to monitoring software. Certainly recommended for someone who wants a quick solution. Since I will be monitoring multiple access points at different locations. This seemed to be a good solution for a quick implementation. I will look into SMTP monitoring and give feedback if this question is not deleted.
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Had to wait for an order and testing.
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I am awarding some points to rfc1180 because although not a good solution for this application, there was some good information conveyed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol