Ernest G. Wilson II's
"Network Management Tools"
Installation Guide for FreeBSD UNIX
Note: To use the FreeBSD specific installation instructions below
           You should have a fully functional: FreeBSD server install completed first!
           Use this FreeBSD guide to ensure you have all of the prerequisites:
          
bulletOpenNTPD - Time Server
bulletRRDtool - Logging and Graphing
bulletCacti - Network graphing solution designed to harness the power of RRDtool
bulletSyslog-NG - Syslog logging service with database support
bulletntop - Network application monitoring and NetFlow tool
bulletTFTPD - TFTP Server
bulletDHCPD - DHCP Server
bulletSnort - Network intrusion detection system with Oinkmaster and BASE
bulletNessus - Network Vulnerability Scanner
bulletCisco Router Audit Tool - An automated Cisco configuration checking system
"NMS Project Goals" - Network Monitoring Solution
Goals: Web based monitoring system and alerting system for network
          and host services on routers, switches, servers and workstations.

            1.) Central easy to use web interface for proactive and reactive monitoring
            2.) Must be extensible:
                 -          “Plug-in” capable for customized functionality
                 -          User definable escalation and notifications
                 -          Optional event handlers for proactive / reactive actions
            3.) Maintain historical data
            4.) Graphical “Map” type interface as well as text
            5.) Audible alerting as desired
            6.) Ability to “Acknowledge” alarms
            7.) Support for redundant and distributed monitoring servers (scalable)
            8.) Network bandwidth monitoring
            9.) Standard logging provider for Syslog and SNMP v2 and v3 Trap messages