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SNM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SNM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp (v1, v2c or v3), ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail and syslog alerts can be raised if a user determined number of queries fail. Changes in SNM v4.50 include:
- improved *nix daemon file (snmd)
- install.pl has been added to make installation easier
- Note: changes to the folders in snm-x.xx.zip occurred as a result of install.pl
- Note: changes to config.xml occurred as a result of install.pl

SNM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SNM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp (v1, v2c or v3), ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail and syslog alerts can be raised if a user determined number of queries fail. Changes in SNM v4.22 include:
- Adding support for Perl 5.10 on *nix platforms
- Additional testing with Ubuntu
- Fixed additional "can't call maketext" error
- Additional alignment with perlcritic.org recommendations

SNM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SNM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp (v1, v2c or v3), ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail and syslog alerts can be raised if a user determined number of queries fail. Changes in SNM v4.21 include:
- Fixed "can't call maketext" error

SNM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SNM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp (v1, v2c or v3), ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail. Changes in SNM v4.20 include:
- Layout modified to allow for long target names
- Simplified language management
- Updated multi file examples

SNM v4.10 is released
SNM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SNM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp (v1, v2c or v3), ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail.
Changes in SNM v4.10 include:
- Moved attributes from menu to Status table
- Simplified menu
- Tested on Firefox 3
- Added SHOUTcast DNAS server monitoring module: thanks Stephen
- Additional alignment with perlcritic.org recommendations

SNM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SNM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp (v1, v2c or v3), ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail.
Changes in SNM v4.01 include:
- Fixed module parse error - thanks Dan
- Language (Español) corrections - thanks Oscar

SNM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SNM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp (v1, v2c or v3), ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail.
Changes in SNM v4.00 include:
- Added Status page and modified menu
- Updated ping library
- Modified SNM code to align with perlcritic.org recommendations
- Tested on fedora 8
- Fixed missing email subject for international languages
- Fixed a number of minor language issues

SNM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SNM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp (v1, v2c or v3), ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail.
Changes in SNM v3.50 include:
- Added support for FreeBSD
- Added alert to syslog server capability
- Added script for basis of unix daemon

SNM v3.01 is released:
SNM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SNM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp (v1, v2c or v3), ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail.
Changes in SNM v3.01 include:
- Added snm.log to the build
- Added test for existence of font during startup
- Added permissions configuration to the IIS install process
- <short_label>s are now optional
- Remove character restrictions in descriptions
- Filter non-print characters from RPN expressions

SNM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SNM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp (v1, v2c or v3), ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail.
Changes in SNM v3.00 include:
- Added <attributes convert=""> option to convert SMI DateAndTime to a readable format
- Added multi-language capability (Deutsch - thanks Doan, Español - thanks Oscar, Français - thanks Vivien and Ianaré)
- Added test for existence of Time::HiRes module during startup
- Added multi-file capability for targets and graphs - thanks Philippe
- Added IP address table to discover.xml - thanks Steve
- Simplified initial targets.xml and graphs.xml
- Added Mac OS X documentation - thanks Peter

SNM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SNM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp (v1, v2c or v3), ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail.
Changes in SNM v2.30 include:
- Gerard has joined as a developer, welcome aboard!
- Added <attributes convert=""> option to convert SMI DateAndTime to a readable format
- Corrected <attributes frequency=""> error
- Improved SNMP attributes query by increasing message size
- Improved attributes scheme display - thanks Graham King
- Added DNScheck module - thanks Stephen Russell
- Added MySQL Status module - thanks Stephen Russell
- Improved input of module results - thanks Stephen Russell

SNM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SNM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp (v1, v2c or v3), ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail.
Changes in SNM v2.20 include:
- Added Webmon module to monitor web pages
- Added option to alert when a status changes from DOWN to UP

SNM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SNM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp (v1, v2c or v3), ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail.
Changes in SNM v2.10 include:
- Improved logging of e-mail alerts
- Modified SNM to warn on O/S not recognised instead of fail
- Added <comments> to <graph>
- Added <translate> to <value> in Attribute Discovery
- Multiple attributes="" are now permitted in <target>
- Added <calculate> to <value> and <column> in Attribute Discovery
- Added option to authenticate to SMTP e-mail server
- Added capability of multiple target files

SNM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert the capacity of computing devices and applications. SNM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the capacity parameters of any networked device using snmp (v1, v2c or v3), ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail.... read more

SNM is a tool to monitor, graph and alert on Computing Systems and Networks. SNM runs on a Windows or Linux device on your network, 24 hours every day and constantly records the query results of any system or networked device using snmp, ping or custom modules. The recorded data is stored for later reference via a user friendly menu-driven web browser. E-mail alerts are raised if a user determined number of queries fail.... read more