NetSaint is a host/service/network monitoring program. It has the following features:
NetSaint was written in C and is designed to be easy to understand and modify to fit your own needs.
NetSaint is free software and may be used, copied, modified, etc. in accordance with the GNU General Public License version 2 or later. Information on the GPL license and open source software model can be found at www.opensource.org
NetSaint is still an immature program, so there are bound to be a lot of bugs in it. The current list of known issues and bugs can be found at http://www.netsaint.org/bugs.html
Several people have contributed to NetSaint by either reporting bugs, suggesting improvements, writing plugins, etc. A list of some of the many contributors to the development of NetSaint can be found at http://www.netsaint.org/contributors.html.
I developed NetSaint for my own use. Once I was reasonably happy with it, I decided to release it so that others could use it. NetSaint is free software, so I don't get any compensation for the hours I spend working on it. In order to keep more versions coming, all I ask is that you give me some feedback. I need to know what doesn't work in the current version and what you want to see in future releases. Positive feedback is appreciated, as it helps assure me that NetSaint is actually being used and is working for people. You can email me at netsaint@linuxbox.com
Downloading The Latest Version
You can check for new versions of NetSaint at the following sites:
In case you weren't aware, there are other network monitoring utilities available besides NetSaint. Here is a list of a few of them:
Below are some links to software that you may find useful in monitoring your network. The pager software could be used in NetSaint to notify a contact (via a modem) when a problem arises. That way you don't have to rely on email to send notifications out (remember, email may *not* work if there are network problems). I haven't actually tried these packages myself, but others have reported success using them.