Proactive monitoring of the last mile in telecommunications

I have created a network troubleshooting checklist because faults and outages are typically always similar and this is where checklists are a great help. Download my troubleshooting checklist here. Checklists can be used in both a reactive manner as what would be the case in the above checklist but also in a proactive manner as what is described in "The bare necessities of a Network Operations Centre (NOC) Dashboard".

Read the article about proactive monitoring over at LinkedIn here.

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LDWin: Link Discovery for Windows

LDWin supports the following methods of link discovery: CDP - Cisco Discovery Protocol LLDP - Link Layer Discovery Protocol Download LDWin from here.

Battery Room Explosion

A hydrogen explosion occurred in an Uninterruptible Power Source (UPS) battery room. The explosion blew a 400 ft2 hole in the roof, collapsed numerous walls and ceilings throughout the building, and significantly damaged a large portion of the 50,000 ft2 building. Fortunately, the computer/data center was vacant at the time and there were no injuries. Read more about the explosion over at hydrogen tools here .

STG (SNMP Traffic Grapher)

This freeware utility allows monitoring of supporting SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c devices including Cisco. Intended as fast aid for network administrators who need prompt access to current information about state of network equipment. Access STG here (original site) or alternatively here .

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