RE: events

2011-09-30 Thread Stephens, Josh
I'm obviously biased as I'm the Head Geek here at SolarWinds but if you need any help or guidance with our products feel free to ping me off list. Josh -Original Message- From: Brandon Kim [mailto:brandon@brandontek.com] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 1:14 PM To: mlof...@wgops.com

RE: riverbed steelhead

2011-04-21 Thread Stephens, Josh
I've had good experiences with the Riverbed appliances as well. Definitely a leader in my mind when compared to Cisco and Juniper although there are some new niche players that have good solutions depending on the details of your traffic and topology. One note on the Riverbeds, if you're trying

RE: Contact for va.gov

2011-04-14 Thread Stephens, Josh
I pinged a buddy of mine at the VA. No word yet and I'm working from Sydney this week so a bit delayed anyhow... Josh -Original Message- From: Bret Palsson [mailto:b...@getjive.com] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 11:46 AM To: Nathan Eisenberg Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Contact for v

Looking for an IPv6 naysayer...

2011-02-09 Thread Stephens, Josh
Not something I'd typically use this list for but I have an opportunity to host a debate of sorts on IPv6 where I'm taking a very pro IPv6 stance and I need someone who wants to argue the other side - effectively that most people don't need to worry about it for a long time still or until someon

RE: Config Backup / Inventory

2009-04-24 Thread Stephens, Josh
Joe, If you're looking for a commercial solution, you might try out our Orion NCM product. http://www.solarwinds.com/products/orion/configuration_manager/ Ping me if you want any additional info. Josh -Original Message- From: Joe Provo [mailto:nanog-p...@rsuc.gweep.net] Sent: Friday, A

RE: SNMP and syslog forwarders

2009-03-04 Thread Stephens, Josh
The free Kiwi Syslog Server will do this. Josh -Original Message- From: Sam Stickland [mailto:sam_mailingli...@spacething.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:52 AM To: NANOG list Subject: SNMP and syslog forwarders Hi, It's looking like running all of our traps and syslog through a

RE: Network diagram software

2009-02-11 Thread Stephens, Josh
You can also use Lan Surveyor from us here @SolarWinds. There's a light version called "Lan Surveyor Express" that discovers the network (layer 2 and 3) and then draws the topology for you in Visio. You can of course buy it from SolarWinds.Com but there's also a special link that we use to give it

RE: Net Mgmt Tools and supporting OS

2008-12-09 Thread Stephens, Josh
Vitto, My opinion is probably a bit jaded, but here it is anyway... First off, regarding OS, I'd say use whatever OS the customer is most familiar with using/maintaining. If they're a Windows shop you don't want to complicate the administration of the NMS by putting on an OS that they're unfamilia

RE: Stress Testing LAN/WAN

2008-12-04 Thread Stephens, Josh
EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 5:09 PM To: Stephens, Josh; Nathan Ward; nanog list Subject: RE: Stress Testing LAN/WAN I have used Solarwinds Wan Killer, but have yet to discover a method of initiating round-trip traffic from a single generator, but Solarwinds can stress a GiGE

RE: Stress Testing LAN/WAN

2008-12-04 Thread Stephens, Josh
You can download a copy of the SolarWinds toolset from our website (the eval is free). There's a traffic generator in there called "WAN Killer". Give it a try. Josh -Original Message- From: Nathan Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 4:27 PM To: nanog list Su