Network Monitoring your Network with Mikrotik router for free

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MikroTik provides an application named Dude that allows you to monitor your network. This article explains how to install dude server on mikrotik.

At first download the dude package and the dude client from mikrotik software download page. You choose the right installation package for your device.

How to Network Monitoring your Network with Mikrotik router for free

How to Network Monitoring your Network with Mikrotik router for free

Connect to the mikrotik OS via winbox. Click on "files" from the left side menu. Upload the .npk file to the host.

How to Network Monitoring your Network with Mikrotik router for free

Open "New Terminal" and write the below code to enable mikrotik dude server, and check the mikrotik dude status. 

/dude set enabled=yes
dude print

Do enable SNMP feature on mikrotik: Go to "IP" > "SNMP" > Check "Enable".

Then, install dude client on your PC. After setup MikroTik dude client, enter the IP, username and password.

How to Network Monitoring your Network with Mikrotik router for free

Now you can start scaning and monitoring the network. The Dude can automaticall scan ranges of IP addresses to discover active devices on your networks.To do this, you have to use the Discovery interface.

Upon first use of the Dude, the discovery window is opened automatically. Go to "Settings" > "SNMP" > Select "v2-public".

How to Network Monitoring your Network with Mikrotik router for free

However, you can also open the discovery interface later, by clicking the Discovery button in the main button panel.

Scan networks , enter the IP networks that you wish The Dude to scan. After you have selected all the options, click on Discover and the process will be started.

How to Network Monitoring your Network with Mikrotik router for free

This will be indicated by a scanning information in the bottom edge of the dude main window.

How to Network Monitoring your Network with Mikrotik router for free

Next, edit the network diagram to make it look like the real thing. Add links between devices and choose the correct interfaces.

How to Network Monitoring your Network with Mikrotik router for free

Next, name the devices for easy remember. The Charts pane allows you to set up visual area charts to represent any data that is available to the Dude.

The Dude will automatically offer existing data sources that are known from the Devices you have created. Simply choose one or more data sources for your new chart, and click OK to finalize the setup.

All created charts will be listed in the Charts pane. You can open any chart for viewing from the lefthand menu or from the list in the Charts panel.

How to Network Monitoring your Network with Mikrotik router for free

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