Omabele, I'd say you need to determine the requirements (like what needs to be monitored), and then choose the tools best suited to meet those requirements. Chances are that Perl alone will not be the final solution to all of your monitoring needs. There are many freely available network and device monitoring tools, so there's really no reason for you to try to reinvent the wheel in two hours.
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