The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) has been an integral part of monitoring network environments since its introduction in 1988. It has established itself as the de facto standard in network ...

Version 2.1 of Linux Foundation's open-source L3AF project promises seamless network management across cloud and enterprise.

Linux is a tried-and-true, open-source operating system released in 1991 for computers, but its use has expanded to underpin systems for cars, phones, web servers and, more recently, networking ...

Linux requires the same level of support as any other production-level platform, thus requiring organizations to invest in staff skills, management processes, and management tools.

Essential nmcli commands to manage network connections, configure Wi-Fi and Ethernet, set static IPs, and troubleshoot errors ...

Ideally Samba 4 will eventually take care of Windows/Linux networking management on the Linux side, but until that day comes there are still many other ways to get the two to cooperate.

NetPeek is GTK4/libadwaita app for fuss-free network scanning on Linux desktops. A user-friendly alternative to nmap for finding devices and open ports.

As another sign of Linux's increasing maturity, new management tools from companies such as Aduva and Tivoli are helping IT managers better administer the unruly OS.

I have not tried out this feature fully yet, but it claims to perform a network discovery and turn what it finds into Nagios configuration files, saving you the trouble of having to enter all the data ...

OpManager is an outstanding platform for network and device monitoring. Jack Wallen shows you how to get it up and running on Linux.