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Practical guides to running networks
From choosing monitoring software to a maintenance checklist — written by BehDanet's engineers for network engineers and IT managers.
Network monitoring software: what it does and how to choose one
A practical guide to choosing network monitoring software: what to monitor, the criteria that matter, the real cost, on-premise deployment and an evaluation checklist.
Read articleNetwork documentation: what to record and how to keep it current
What network documentation should include — inventory, racks, cabling, IP addressing, topology and configs — and how to keep it accurate with automation. Includes a checklist.
Read articleNetwork maintenance: methods, a recurring schedule and a checklist
Types of network maintenance and a practical daily, weekly, monthly and annual preventive maintenance schedule, with a device checklist and where automation helps.
Read articleWhat is SNMP, and how do you use it to monitor network devices?
How SNMP works — versions, OIDs and MIBs, polling versus traps — what to monitor with it, and how to enable it securely on switches and routers.
Read articleBacking up and managing network device configurations
Why switch, router and firewall configs need automatic backups; how to back up Cisco and MikroTik configs; version diffs, drift detection, compliance and change control.
Read articleWhat is IPAM, and why doesn't a spreadsheet cut it?
What IP address management (IPAM) is, why spreadsheets fail, what a good IPAM does — live scan and DHCP data, unknown-IP detection — and how to migrate from a spreadsheet.
Read articleWhat is NetFlow, and how do you use it to analyse traffic?
NetFlow and IPFIX explained: how they differ from SNMP, what traffic analysis is good for — top talkers, capacity, troubleshooting, security — and how to set it up.
Read articleCommercial, open-source or local: which monitoring approach fits you?
A fair comparison of three network monitoring approaches — international commercial tools such as PRTG, open-source tools such as Zabbix, and locally developed platforms — on cost, support, risk and features.
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