Network Management
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Monitoring Tools
How do I monitor my network and what are the options?
Check out the Network monitoring portion of the Tools section.
Posting Traceroutes
Is it OK to post traceroutes or descriptions of network problems for help with debugging?
In general, No. One should email/call the appropriate NOCs and ask for assistance rather than posting to NANOG. Once in a while someone puts a traceroute example on NANOG to start a flamewar or grudge match about how bad a certain company is -- this is definitely inappropriate for the list.
On a side note, most of the time when people send traceroutes to NANOG, they do not give enough information for someone to even help them out with their problems. When one sends a traceroute to the appropriate parties, please provide information about your originating IP and destination
IP addresses. Also give the entire traceroute to the network operators, not just part of it. Otherwise it can be difficult or impossible to troubleshoot the problem.
If you need to know where to get assistance from a NOC, please look here, which explains what a NOC is, when you should contact a NOC, and how to contact NOCs of various companies. You can also add your NOC details to the webpage.
I'm being pinged!
My network/machine is being pinged by <some network>. What should I do to stop them?
Please contact the NOC for each of the companies if you do not want them to ping you. The companies are probably not trying to DDoS you with their pings, and many of them will be more than willing to accommodate your request.
How much latency should I see?
Open Source IP allocation software
See the Tools section of the wiki.
