Network monitoring is concerned with the performance of the devices that operate the network, such as switches and routers. This activity is called...

All of the tools listed in this review are capable of monitoring networks remotely, that is, they can connect over the internet to another site and...

There are two types of network monitors: packet sniffers, which sample network traffic, and network performance monitors, which collect network dev...

Traffic monitoring tools are called traffic analyzers or NetFlow monitors. While network performance monitors query network device statuses, traffi...

Most network monitoring tools use the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). This is an industry-standard for networking and requires an SNMP m...

A good network monitoring tool should include: An autodiscovery function to compile a network inventory An automated network topology mapper Drill-...