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How to Monitor Ethernet Interface of Windows 10 OS Laptops on NPM ?

mashar10397

Anyone can help?

Version 122.4.1.2010

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marcrobinson

SNMP might be your only bet with NPM. I have not tried that as wmi is the weapon of choice to get data from windows, which comes with SAM.

bobmarley

If it is ethernet you could monitor the traffic on the switchport end as well.

mashar10397

Actually the laptops are randomly connected with Different switch ports but on same static IP that's why we have to monitor the interface of laptop instead of switch port.

stuartd

I'd be asking what's the point of monitoring something as ephemeral as a computer NIC?

What's the end goal?

But as Marc points out, configure the laptop with SNMP and then add to NPM.

mashar10397

I want to monitor the WiFi & Ethernet interfaces of Laptops on NPM.

stuartd

Yes, I get that. The question was why?

But see above - configure with SNMP and then add to NPM.

mashar10397

I configured that by using SNMP services of Windows but did not receive OIDs on NPM server. Do you have any SOP?

marcrobinson

you would need to create a custom undp poller based on those oids.. Lemme see what I can find real quick to get you started.

Edit: link to custom poller information: How to Create a Universal Device Poller (UnDP) in NPM (solarwinds.com)

If you have active maintenance, you can also get access to training and open sessions (once a week usually) with trainers.

marcrobinson

EDit: really quick search didnt get a reference MIB book for windows. I would recommend doing an snmpwalk on the device, which will list OIDs and values and look for IFCONFIG type information. Then search on the OIDs. That should get you to a site with MIBs or a list of OIDs with real names. If you are not very familiar with MIBs, unfortunately not Men In Black, but management information books or some such. They describe what each OID stands for in a given device/thing. The formatting is standardized, so reading them and keeping up with each OID can be painful at times. Search on the OID directly may get you a website with just the information that you need.

planglois

a much simpler approach to SNMP would be to install the SolarWinds Agent on the PC, add it to the NPM inventory, and ensure interfaces are properly enabled for monitoring... Voilà!