NetHorus Blog

A little over a week ago, I promised support for copying Cisco router configurations.  I’m really pleased to say it’s working now, albeit with less error checking than I’d like.

The ‘Functions’ link in ‘Device Management’ will show a ‘Copy off configuration’ link.  From there, you can select the type of configuration to copy, where to put it, and optionally enter a username and password for authentication.

Onward!  Next on the list is support for background tasks.  I’m going to start with ADSL monitoring…

Sure, we had a bit of a development hiatus for a few months whilst I moved flat and changed machines, but things are back on track now.

I’ve just implemented a few UI and logic tidyups, in preparation for starting work on some important new features.  Here’s what’s planned:

• Support for copying and examining Cisco router configurations offline.  This will also bring SNMP ‘set’ support, and as a result, the ability to change interface statuses (ouch!) and interface descriptions.
• Background polling, which will also result in NetHorus being able to deal with SNMP traps and poll OIDs on devices and alert on thresholds being exceeded.
• RMON support – see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMON.  Not everything supports RMON, but for devices that do, it’s powerful.

There’s not too much on the cards for an important reason – I want NetHorus to work, and not be an endless sea of “not quite there”.