In the enterprise environment, there are certain tools that are a necessity for administrators. One such tool is the network monitor. In the close-source, proprietary world you will find plenty of tools to handle this task: Packettrap, GFI Max, Spiceworks. In the open source world - not so much. But there is one particular tool that does monitor networks and does an outstanding job of it. That tool? Nagios.

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