Hi,
I've been looking at FreeNATS and it seems very good/useful however I'm wondering what the current development status of this project is.
I've seen some support help/feedback on this forum but have noticed that the latest version of the code is seemingly a few years old.
Cheers Ian
Project Status
Re: Project Status
Hi Ian,
Good question! I think snoozing might be the best way to describe it.
As far as I'm concerned it's still a current and supported project - so I do issue bugfixes as they crop up or requests for change.
User supplied/generated new test types either posted in the forum or available as extras also add to the functionality.
However it's sort of reached a plateau. For what I need, and seemingly the stalwart users, it fits nicely. A (long time now) while back I started looking at the possibilities of putting in SNMP support but that would have required quite major re-engineering. It was also my opinion that other tools, more complex that FreeNATS, do that kind of monitoring probably better than FreeNATS would - it has a niche as a very easy to setup system that is also highly flexible (write your own tests/events etc).
I've also harboured the dream of doing a ground-up rewrite as the code has grown in my spare time in a way that, as a software engineer, I cringe at and would not be happy with at work.
Was there anything specific you were looking for in active development?
Regards,
Dave.
Good question! I think snoozing might be the best way to describe it.
As far as I'm concerned it's still a current and supported project - so I do issue bugfixes as they crop up or requests for change.
User supplied/generated new test types either posted in the forum or available as extras also add to the functionality.
However it's sort of reached a plateau. For what I need, and seemingly the stalwart users, it fits nicely. A (long time now) while back I started looking at the possibilities of putting in SNMP support but that would have required quite major re-engineering. It was also my opinion that other tools, more complex that FreeNATS, do that kind of monitoring probably better than FreeNATS would - it has a niche as a very easy to setup system that is also highly flexible (write your own tests/events etc).
I've also harboured the dream of doing a ground-up rewrite as the code has grown in my spare time in a way that, as a software engineer, I cringe at and would not be happy with at work.
Was there anything specific you were looking for in active development?
Regards,
Dave.
Re: Project Status
Hi Dave,
Firstly thanks for the prompt reply, it's good to hear that it's "current and supported".
I'm a self confessed techie and have been looking for some thing just like this to monitor my home network. TBH, I haven't had a good look at FreeNATS yet, I initially found fing which seems to be good also (but quite expensive for home use).
Now I know this product is still alive and kicking I'm going to dust-down one of my Raspberry Pi's and have a play with it (so no specific enhancements that I can think of at the moment).
Thanks again,
Cheers Ian
Firstly thanks for the prompt reply, it's good to hear that it's "current and supported".
I'm a self confessed techie and have been looking for some thing just like this to monitor my home network. TBH, I haven't had a good look at FreeNATS yet, I initially found fing which seems to be good also (but quite expensive for home use).
Now I know this product is still alive and kicking I'm going to dust-down one of my Raspberry Pi's and have a play with it (so no specific enhancements that I can think of at the moment).
Thanks again,
Cheers Ian
Re: Project Status
Hi,
Ok - good luck. Hope it is what you're after.
I put it on a Pi back in 2012 using the stock Debian (I think) SD install that came with it: http://www.purplepixie.org/freenats/wiki/NATS_Pi_Recipe
Certainly ran ok performance-wise.
Regards,
Dave.
Ok - good luck. Hope it is what you're after.
I put it on a Pi back in 2012 using the stock Debian (I think) SD install that came with it: http://www.purplepixie.org/freenats/wiki/NATS_Pi_Recipe
Certainly ran ok performance-wise.
Regards,
Dave.