Ms. Mittens: Yup, I realized that LANguard has a scanner when I started reading the replies. Your right of course, I was considering GFI Network Server Monitor and GFI LANguard Security Event Log Monitor (S.E.L.M.), and didnt state it correctly.


Ok, so I am getting the idea that LANguard isn't the "be all to end all product" my employeer thinks it is, and that it lacks a lot from an Admin point of view. But what about from the point of view of a alert/notification system for a Non-Admin? Keep in mind, the base idea is to have a way of monitoring the servers for critical issues when there is No Admin available. The guy that will get the alerts it a novice at best. My budget is non exsistant. I have to get approval no matter what way I go.

Better yet, lets start from scratch. You have a network of 6 Win2k Servers you want to monitor. You have no monitoring solution in place, and you can put in whatever you want, what do you choose?

Someone mentioned Linux, and I realized I do have a RH9 box in place, acting as a small Web/Ftp server, but it is so stable I often forget it's there. So setting up a Linux solution is not out of the question.

Whatcha think?