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From: HANK@VM.BIU.AC.IL (Hank Nussbacher)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: SNMP comparison
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Date: 10 Feb 91 14:15:53 GMT
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I am in need of a product comparison between various SNMP management
products.  I am aware of the following products:

Product name            Company Name
------------            ------------
ACS4800 NMS             ACC
Dual Manager            Netlabs
Netmon III              SNMP Research
LAN Systems 9100 NMC    Hughes
LANCE/NMS               Micro Technology
OverVIEW                Proteon
NCC                     Unisys
NetCentral              cisco
SNMP Tools              FTP Software
SNMP                    Nysernet
SunNet Manager          Sun
Watchtower              Intercon Systems
WIN/MGT                 Wollongong
XNETMON III             SNMP Research

I have heard that Datapro has recently conducted a comparison - does
anyone know where I can buy that study?  Any other comparisons available?

My personal checklist includes the following points (leaving off the more
common ones):

- able to run on a b/w X-terminal
- able to connect via 5-6 X-windows sessions to the SNMP management system
  so that more than one person can manage the network
- able to click on a network icon and telnet over immediately to that box
- able to generate statistical reports based on IP port divisions

These requirements are in addition to the standard SNMP features one would
expect from an SNMP package.

Thanks,
Hank