Feature

Network Device & SNMP Monitoring

Track switch ports, router traffic and device reachability alongside your Linux and Windows servers. Fivenines polls SNMP v2c/v3 devices through an agent on your network and keeps the monitoring dashboard hosted for you.

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SNMP v2c/v3 Interfaces Local collector
Fivenines Network Device & SNMP Monitoring dashboard
24 interfaces
SNMP v3
1.2Gbps

How It Works

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Step 1

Prepare a collector

Install the Fivenines agent and net-snmp client tools on a host that can reach your devices.

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Step 2

Add a device

Enter its IP and SNMP v2c or v3 credentials, then assign that polling host.

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Step 3

Check the interfaces

The collector reads system information and interface tables. Confirm the ports and counters you need are available.

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Step 4

Configure alerts

Use workflows for unreachable devices, interfaces that go down and network metric thresholds.

  • Interface history, port by port

    Inbound and outbound traffic, packets, errors and discards for each interface the device reports, kept as history, plus each port's current link state. Find the saturated uplink or the port logging errors.

  • Network and servers on one dashboard

    Chart switch ports next to the servers behind them on a custom dashboard, and see both sides of an incident without switching tools.

  • A ready-made reachability alert

    The SNMP Device Unreachable workflow template opens an incident after three failed polls in a row and closes it when the device answers again. Maintenance mode pauses its alerts.

Deep dive

A local collector, a hosted dashboard

Your polling host needs both the Fivenines agent and the net-snmp client tools snmpget and snmpbulkwalk. The tools are installed separately from the agent. Give this host network access to the devices and credentials permitted to read the required OIDs.

The new-device form defaults to a 60-second polling interval, and you can configure 10 to 3,600 seconds per device.

For SNMP v3, choose the security level your device supports. Authentication options are SHA-1 or MD5; privacy options are AES-128 or DES. Choose authentication plus privacy when encrypted SNMP communication is required.

Fivenines hosts the dashboard, storage and alerting, so the polling host is the only part of SNMP monitoring you run yourself.

SNMP monitoring on paid plans, from €19/month

Starter includes 15 monitors. Each server, network device, uptime check or cron task counts as one monitor. Your polling host counts too. 14-day free trial.

Alerts via: Email Slack Microsoft Teams Telegram Discord Pushover PagerDuty Webhooks

Channel availability varies by plan - see pricing.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which SNMP versions does Fivenines support? +
SNMP v2c and v3. SNMP v3 offers configurable authentication and privacy. SNMP v1 is not supported.
Do I need a collector on my network? +
Yes. Assign each device to a host running the Fivenines agent and the separately installed net-snmp client tools, snmpget and snmpbulkwalk. That host must be able to reach the device over SNMP. Fivenines hosts the dashboard and data storage.
How often are SNMP metrics collected? +
The new-device form defaults to 60 seconds. You can set 10 to 3,600 seconds per device. The effective cadence also depends on the polling host's agent cycle and device response time; setting 10 seconds does not speed up that agent cycle.
Which devices and metrics can I monitor? +
Switches, routers, firewalls and other devices that expose compatible SNMP v2c/v3 system and interface OIDs. Fivenines reads system information, interface state and traffic/error counters where available. It does not chart or alert on device CPU, memory or temperature.
Does Fivenines discover devices or receive SNMP traps? +
You add each device explicitly by IP and credentials, then assign a polling host. Fivenines reads that device's interface tables, but does not scan subnets to add devices or receive SNMP traps. Polling reads what a device reports when queried; traps are events a device pushes to a receiver. Keep a dedicated trap receiver if your operations depend on them.
How do network devices count toward my plan? +
Each network device counts as one monitor, as does each server, uptime check or cron task. The server running the polling agent also counts as a monitor. Interface counters do not each consume a separate monitor.

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