Intro

Netdisco is an Open Source web-based network management tool.

Here are some of the favorite uses for this tool:
  • Find a Switch Port from a MAC or IP address and the reverse.
  • Administratively disable a Switch Port while leaving an audit trail.
    (Required ReadWrite SNMP passwords to be configured)
  • Quickly provide configuration information for network devices.
  • Inventory your network hardware by model, vendor and IOS.
  • Control your IP address space; know who uses what IP and when.
  • Historical data: know what IP and MAC addresses that are in use, and were in use on what ports.
  • Pretty pictures of your network.

Things connected to the network are divided into two categories:

  • Devices - Network appliances such as routers, switches, and hubs that support SNMP. Each device has multiple interfaces (ports) and can have IPs assigned to those interfaces.
  • Nodes - Anything on the network that has a MAC address that isn't a device. Printers, Computers, Servers, Devices for which we don't have SNMP access.

    See the glossary for more details.

New in 0.95:
New Features:

New Devices Supported:

Bugs Fixed:

See ChangeLog for more details and credits.

Support

If you have problems with Netdisco you should :
  1. Talk to your Network Administrator who installed Netdisco
  2. Check for a Newer Release
  3. Check for Bugs
  4. Search the Mailing List Archives
  5. Ask a Question on the Mailing List

Register

The developers are now maintaining a registry of Netdisco installs. This is mainly for morale boosting purposes, but also helps us direct feature requests to our target audience. One drawback of the Source Forge system is that we have no idea how many people are using the software compared to the number of downloads.

Please spend a minute to let us know you're using Netdisco at http://netdisco.org/register.html.


Netdisco is an Open Source project headed up by developers Eric Miller, Bill Fenner and Max Baker.
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