[afnog] IP Address Management Tool

[Akin okinbaloye]

Eliufoo,
This could be of  help it is called Angry IP Scanner by
angryziber<http://sourceforge.net/users/angryziber>

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipscan/
Try this

Akin.


On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Eliufoo C. Mahinda <venomius at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hi Mike,
> Sorry for the late reply, i have been swamped with work from all
> directions.
>
> I'm using IPPlan version -4.92-3.el5<https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/EL-5/FEDORA-EPEL-2009-0334>
> . Assuming it the same version you are using.
>
> I believe i gave up on IPPlan to early due to it completion and little
> guide. I was looking for a basic web based tool that could be used by our IT
> help desk and engineers to track and manager IPs.
>
> With you feedback below, IPPlan appears to be what I need. However, if
> possible, I will need you assistance in getting started with IPPlan. Has I
> have little experience with the tool and Linux scripts.
>
> I have also come across another tool that does the same features but at
> very basic called OpenNetAdmin. But, it has very limited requirements.
>
> Thanks,
> Elly
>
> --- On *Fri, 8/28/09, Mike Barnard <mike.barnardq at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Mike Barnard <mike.barnardq at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [afnog] IP Address Management Tool
> To: "Ernest - (AfriNIC)" <ernest at afrinic.net>
> Cc: "Eliufoo C. Mahinda" <venomius at yahoo.com>, "Afnog Mailing List" <
> afnog at afnog.org>
> Date: Friday, August 28, 2009, 7:52 PM
>
> pls re-read his original email
>>
>
> ooopppsss.. :-) I had not seen that :-D
>
> Elly, what version of IPPlan did you use. It is the same tool I am using
> and it has all the features you described above...  the one thing it lacks
> is reporting. I'm working on adding this functionality for myself, when I am
> done, I could share the code with you and you test it. From the list you
> gave, id say:
>
> -auto discovery --> using the poller script and the nmap use in this
> script, a cron job should work for that. The only problem is that you will
> need to define a customer ID (if you have many) to assign the discovered IP
> address to. You could pass a file containing the list of IP addresses and
> assign a customer ID to each file for this.
>
> -DNS resolution --> If you do not pass the -n flag, the default nmap
> commands return hostname for each IP address. The manual shows examples you
> can use for nmap and what ipplan will accept from an nmap scan.
>
> -regular subnet checking for new active and inactive adresses --> I'd say
> the poller script can handle this as well. There is a command that updates a
> field of the database for last poll date and whether IP address was active
> or not
>
> -reporting of new addresses seen in the network --> certainly not there
> -reporting of inactive addresses --> certainly not there
>
>
> I have looked for a similar tool that is open source but not found any.
> Solarwinds have the tools that you describe here, but they are not free and
> are not cheap either.
>
> You may need to have separate cron jobs to cater for the different updates
> that you want.
>
>
>
> --
> Mike
>
> Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that one in
> a million chances happen 99% of the time.
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Okinbaloye Akinloye Triumph
ICT Directorate
Ahmadu Bello University
Nigeria
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