Re: Monitoring switches for performance & problems

In article <47188418.2256334@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Gerard Bok <bok118@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:54:32 -0700, SparkyGuy
<SparkyGuy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm in the process of installing a Linksys SR2024. Is this -- or any --
switch capable of monitoring and logging transmission errors such as retries?


In other words, is there any way to monitor the switch and see, for example,
a connection problem that might start to show up as transmission errors?

Is this monitoring & logging capability available on less than the most
spendy models?

Switches come in 2 flavours: managed and unmanaged.

If you buy a managed switch, you can logon to it's console and
manage it. Which means a.o. see what happens and install or
enable trapping. (SNMP)

If you buy an unmanaged switch, the only serves the box provides
is 'switching'. (Although some manage to provide smoke signals if
something really goes wrong :-)


I haven't done this, but every OS can be set up to gather these
statistics and a Net Management app could pull these numbers. Setting
up ALL the machines would accomplsh what you seem to want. Microsoft
Net Manager, included in some Windows server kits and availalbel as a
stand-alone product can do this.

For Windows, every machine somes with PerfMon. Perfom is an
underapprciated tolll that can do lots to monitor all the counters on
the system and send alerts to a central server.

I'm a fan of simple managed switches and I like HP Procurve boxes.
Older ones are really cheap on Ebay and they have a lifetime warranty
so it's hard to go wrong. (RTFM, Some low-end models don't have
management.)

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