​for real?​ Kind Regards, Wilson./ On 19 February 2014 15:40, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:

Bullut,

So you are telling me that Cacti and Solarwinds are/have applications that *manage* bandwidth?? All these years I thought those were only for monitoring bandwidth utilization and that *manage*ment requires some hardware/software combo.

Rotich, you can use *pfSense* to manage bandwidth. You install it on a hardware with at least two NICs and place it strategically on your network so that all traffic is passed through it. You of course need to configure the *management* bit yourself. pfSense is Free. You can also buy a pfSense appliance if you don't need to install it yourself. Another option is one of the many *Mikrotik* routerboards available. You choose one that matches your needs and then configure it - or pay someone else to configure it for you.

I only gave you the cheaper options. I know some very expensive options but given that I don't know exactly what you have and what you'd like to achieve in the real sense, that is my 0.000000011 Bitcoins worth of contrib.

On 19 February 2014 15:27, Michael Bullut <main@kipsang.com> wrote:

...

Depends on your budget. If your organization has the financial muscle, consider *Solarwinds. <http://www.solarwinds.com/>* If open-source is your cup of tea, try *Cacti. <http://www.cacti.net/>*

On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Luke Rotich <lrotich@gmail.com> wrote:

...

Anybody who knows of the available bandwith management tool in the market?

-- Regards

*Luke k Rotich*

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@wash you could also try whatsup_gold and let us know how it works out. From: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of Odhiambo Washington Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 5:18 PM To: Skunkworks Mailing List Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Bandwith management Tool For real, Bw. Thuo. I never got to use these for b/width management. Let me install and take a look. On 19 February 2014 16:50, Thuo Wilson <lixton@gmail.com> wrote: for real? Kind Regards, Wilson./ On 19 February 2014 15:40, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote: Bullut, So you are telling me that Cacti and Solarwinds are/have applications that manage bandwidth?? All these years I thought those were only for monitoring bandwidth utilization and that management requires some hardware/software combo. Rotich, you can use pfSense to manage bandwidth. You install it on a hardware with at least two NICs and place it strategically on your network so that all traffic is passed through it. You of course need to configure the management bit yourself. pfSense is Free. You can also buy a pfSense appliance if you don't need to install it yourself. Another option is one of the many Mikrotik routerboards available. You choose one that matches your needs and then configure it - or pay someone else to configure it for you. I only gave you the cheaper options. I know some very expensive options but given that I don't know exactly what you have and what you'd like to achieve in the real sense, that is my 0.000000011 Bitcoins worth of contrib. On 19 February 2014 15:27, Michael Bullut <main@kipsang.com> wrote: Depends on your budget. If your organization has the financial muscle, consider Solarwinds. <http://www.solarwinds.com/> If open-source is your cup of tea, try Cacti. <http://www.cacti.net/> On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Luke Rotich <lrotich@gmail.com> wrote: Anybody who knows of the available bandwith management tool in the market? -- Regards Luke k Rotich _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24 <http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94> &t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24 <http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94> &t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121 <tel:%2B254733744121> /+254722743223 <tel:%2B254722743223> "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler." _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24 <http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94> &t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24 <http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94> &t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."

+1 Chris, I am speaking _management_ and it appears to me that guys are concentrating on _monitoring_, but again, I could be the ODD guy here. I have used whatsup gold for monitoring, not management. IIRC, we used to run cacti in some ISP and we relied on Packeteer for management. And I know I can _manage_ using pfSense and Mikrotik routers, but yeah.... maboko likolo! On 19 February 2014 19:17, Jangita Nyagudi <jangita.nyagudi@gmail.com>wrote:

_monitoring_ vs _management_. BIG difference.

On 19 February 2014 17:44, Tony Gacheru <tonygacheru@gmail.com> wrote:

...

@wash you could also try whatsup_gold and let us know how it works out.

*From:* skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] *On Behalf Of *Odhiambo Washington *Sent:* Wednesday, February 19, 2014 5:18 PM *To:* Skunkworks Mailing List *Subject:* Re: [Skunkworks] Bandwith management Tool

For real, Bw. Thuo.

I never got to use these for b/width management. Let me install and take a look.

On 19 February 2014 16:50, Thuo Wilson <lixton@gmail.com> wrote:

for real?

Kind Regards,

Wilson./

On 19 February 2014 15:40, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:

Bullut,

So you are telling me that Cacti and Solarwinds are/have applications that *manage* bandwidth?? All these years I thought those were only for monitoring bandwidth utilization and that *manage*ment requires some hardware/software combo.

Rotich, you can use *pfSense* to manage bandwidth. You install it on a hardware with at least two NICs and place it strategically on your network so that all traffic is passed through it. You of course need to configure the *management* bit yourself. pfSense is Free. You can also buy a pfSense appliance if you don't need to install it yourself.

Another option is one of the many *Mikrotik* routerboards available. You choose one that matches your needs and then configure it - or pay someone else to configure it for you.

I only gave you the cheaper options. I know some very expensive options but given that I don't know exactly what you have and what you'd like to achieve in the real sense, that is my 0.000000011 Bitcoins worth of contrib.

On 19 February 2014 15:27, Michael Bullut <main@kipsang.com> wrote:

Depends on your budget. If your organization has the financial muscle, consider *Solarwinds. <http://www.solarwinds.com/>* If open-source is your cup of tea, try *Cacti. <http://www.cacti.net/>*

On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Luke Rotich <lrotich@gmail.com> wrote:

Anybody who knows of the available bandwith management tool in the market?

-- Regards *Luke k Rotich*

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Washington, I'm looking at it from the point where one needs to know the behaviour of their network first before attempting to overcome its challenges. Sent on the run, Please excuse errors & omissions. On Feb 19, 2014 3:40 PM, "Odhiambo Washington" <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:

Bullut,

So you are telling me that Cacti and Solarwinds are/have applications that *manage* bandwidth?? All these years I thought those were only for monitoring bandwidth utilization and that *manage*ment requires some hardware/software combo.

Rotich, you can use *pfSense* to manage bandwidth. You install it on a hardware with at least two NICs and place it strategically on your network so that all traffic is passed through it. You of course need to configure the *management* bit yourself. pfSense is Free. You can also buy a pfSense appliance if you don't need to install it yourself. Another option is one of the many *Mikrotik* routerboards available. You choose one that matches your needs and then configure it - or pay someone else to configure it for you.

I only gave you the cheaper options. I know some very expensive options but given that I don't know exactly what you have and what you'd like to achieve in the real sense, that is my 0.000000011 Bitcoins worth of contrib.

On 19 February 2014 15:27, Michael Bullut <main@kipsang.com> wrote:

...

Depends on your budget. If your organization has the financial muscle, consider *Solarwinds. <http://www.solarwinds.com/>* If open-source is your cup of tea, try *Cacti. <http://www.cacti.net/>*

On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Luke Rotich <lrotich@gmail.com> wrote:

...

Anybody who knows of the available bandwith management tool in the market?

-- Regards

*Luke k Rotich*

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Let me just say am impressed with Wash's attitude. Despite his experience he was willing to give the other side the benefit of the doubt. Just saying :) On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 6:35 AM, John Gitau <jgitau@gmail.com> wrote:

I think the request was clear on bandwidth management, which probably points at manipulation this is not monitoring. Depending on budget, pfsense is cheapest, mikrotik, most routers have a rate limiting function ..... If you have some money one can be custom made for you...

Sent from my iPad

On 20 Feb 2014, at 00:42, Michael Bullut <main@kipsang.com> wrote:

Washington, I'm looking at it from the point where one needs to know the behaviour of their network first before attempting to overcome its challenges.

Sent on the run, Please excuse errors & omissions. On Feb 19, 2014 3:40 PM, "Odhiambo Washington" <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:

...

Bullut,

So you are telling me that Cacti and Solarwinds are/have applications that *manage* bandwidth?? All these years I thought those were only for monitoring bandwidth utilization and that *manage*ment requires some hardware/software combo.

Rotich, you can use *pfSense* to manage bandwidth. You install it on a hardware with at least two NICs and place it strategically on your network so that all traffic is passed through it. You of course need to configure the *management* bit yourself. pfSense is Free. You can also buy a pfSense appliance if you don't need to install it yourself. Another option is one of the many *Mikrotik* routerboards available. You choose one that matches your needs and then configure it - or pay someone else to configure it for you.

I only gave you the cheaper options. I know some very expensive options but given that I don't know exactly what you have and what you'd like to achieve in the real sense, that is my 0.000000011 Bitcoins worth of contrib.

On 19 February 2014 15:27, Michael Bullut <main@kipsang.com> wrote:

...

Depends on your budget. If your organization has the financial muscle, consider *Solarwinds. <http://www.solarwinds.com/>* If open-source is your cup of tea, try *Cacti. <http://www.cacti.net/>*

On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Luke Rotich <lrotich@gmail.com> wrote:

...

Anybody who knows of the available bandwith management tool in the market?

-- Regards

*Luke k Rotich*

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Tech List, I always recognize the fact that I am NOT always right. I doubt there is any human who is always right. And I never freak from apologizing when I am wrong, because that is the only right thing to do. I am human, you know, not a machine:-) On 20 February 2014 09:29, Tech List Kenya <techlistkenya@gmail.com> wrote:

Let me just say am impressed with Wash's attitude. Despite his experience he was willing to give the other side the benefit of the doubt. Just saying :)

On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 6:35 AM, John Gitau <jgitau@gmail.com> wrote:

...

I think the request was clear on bandwidth management, which probably points at manipulation this is not monitoring. Depending on budget, pfsense is cheapest, mikrotik, most routers have a rate limiting function ..... If you have some money one can be custom made for you...

Sent from my iPad

On 20 Feb 2014, at 00:42, Michael Bullut <main@kipsang.com> wrote:

Washington, I'm looking at it from the point where one needs to know the behaviour of their network first before attempting to overcome its challenges.

Sent on the run, Please excuse errors & omissions. On Feb 19, 2014 3:40 PM, "Odhiambo Washington" <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:

...

Bullut,

So you are telling me that Cacti and Solarwinds are/have applications that *manage* bandwidth?? All these years I thought those were only for monitoring bandwidth utilization and that *manage*ment requires some hardware/software combo.

Rotich, you can use *pfSense* to manage bandwidth. You install it on a hardware with at least two NICs and place it strategically on your network so that all traffic is passed through it. You of course need to configure the *management* bit yourself. pfSense is Free. You can also buy a pfSense appliance if you don't need to install it yourself. Another option is one of the many *Mikrotik* routerboards available. You choose one that matches your needs and then configure it - or pay someone else to configure it for you.

I only gave you the cheaper options. I know some very expensive options but given that I don't know exactly what you have and what you'd like to achieve in the real sense, that is my 0.000000011 Bitcoins worth of contrib.

On 19 February 2014 15:27, Michael Bullut <main@kipsang.com> wrote:

...

Depends on your budget. If your organization has the financial muscle, consider *Solarwinds. <http://www.solarwinds.com/>* If open-source is your cup of tea, try *Cacti. <http://www.cacti.net/>*

On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Luke Rotich <lrotich@gmail.com> wrote:

...

Anybody who knows of the available bandwith management tool in the market?

-- Regards

*Luke k Rotich*

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