The Dude

The Dude network monitor is a new application by MikroTik which can dramatically improve the way you manage your network environment. It will automatically scan all devices within specified subnets, draw and layout a map of your networks, monitor services of your devices and alert you in case some service has problems.

The Dude demo system: Our RouterOS demo routers are viewable from within the Dude, install The Dude and connect to our Demo dude system with the Dude Secure connection to 159.148.147.209

Some of it’s features:

• The Dude is free of charge!
• Auto network discovery and layout
• Discovers any type or brand of device
• Device, Link monitoring, and notifications
• Includes SVG icons for devices, and supports custom icons and backgrounds
• Easy installation and usage
• Allows you to draw your own maps and add custom devices
• Supports SNMP, ICMP, DNS and TCP monitoring for devices that support it
• Individual Link usage monitoring and graphs
• Direct access to remote control tools for device management
• Supports remote Dude server and local client
• Runs in Linux Wine environment, MacOS Darwine, and Windows
• Best price/value ratio compared to other products (free of charge)

Help:

• The online version
• The downloadable version (PDF)
• The User Forum
• Installation on Linux
• The Dude version changelog

Recommended «The Dude» Consultants:

You can hire our best Dude experts to configure your Dude monitoring system, or to assist you with any task and objective. The Dude can do many things, and our consultants will help you get the most benefits from it:

• Ron Touw (Multithread, UK) mikrotik[at]multithread.co.uk
• Mike Everest (Duxtel, Australia) mikrotik[at]duxtel.com.au
• Rick Frey (IP Architechs, USA) consulting[at]iparchitechs.com
• Robert Trzyna (Procwell – London, United Kingdom) Robert.trzyna[at]procwell.com
• Jorge Fernando Matsudo Iwano (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) jorge.iwano[at]gmail.com
• Javier Berengue (Cibernek, Argentina) javier[at]berengue.com.ar
• Anderson Albarnaz Cardoso (Belluno Tecnologia, Brazil) albarnaz[at]bellunotec.com.br
• Anderson Auler (Brazil)auler[at]aprimorar.net.br
• Maximiliano Dobladez (MKE Solutions, Argentina) info[at]mikrotikexpert.com
• Ing. Jorge Filippo (Optimix, Argentina) jfilippo[at]optimix.com.ar
• Magdiel da Costa Santos (FS Internet, Brazil) mag[at]fs.com.br
• Patrik Schaub (FMS, Germany) dude[at]fmsweb.de
• Steve Zilis (Znet, USA) steve[at]znetworks.us
• Dennis Burgess (Linktechs, USA) dmburgess[at]linktechs.net
• Bartłomiej Rodek (Interprojekt, Poland) brodek[at]interprojekt.pl
• Wardner Maia (MD, Brazil) maia[at]mdbrasil.com.br
• Roberto Boero (Soluciones Mikrotik) rboero[at]solucionesmikrotik.com
• George Midia (Midia Data Links, Kenya) george[at]midiadatalinks.com
• Tom Smyth (Wireless Connect, Ireland) tom.smyth[at]wirelessconnect.eu

Fuente: http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude