Ethernet cord or wifi dongle.
Raspberry pi network monitor.
The raspberry pi should have a static ip assigned by your wifi router see its documentation.
8gb sd card or micro sd card if you re using a raspberry pi 2 3 or b.
Alternatively the servers should be automatically checked using a network monitor which attempts to correct the issue and sends an alert if it is unable to correct.
This is where a network monitor can prove useful.
But the major advantage is.
Shinken is a network monitor that runs on any computer.
Bluetooth adapter only if not using a pi 3 or zero w optional.
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The wifi traffic going to the router will not be monitored.
There are a few ways to do this but if you want to keep an eye on the devices and data traveling over your network 24 7 then you may want to set up a network monitor using a raspberry pi single board computer.
Built on top of a raspberry pi 3 b the project is designed to monitor network.
However it does have one major disadvantage.
You will also.
In this instructable i will get it to run a raspberry pi 2 or 3 running diet pi or raspbian.
It will also be nice to have a monitor with an hdmi interface.
Below is all the equipment that you will need for turning your raspberry pi into a network scanner.
Turn your raspberry pi into a network monitoring tool.
If you ever want to remove the raspberry pi network monitor just plug the wifi router directly in to the switch.
As related above nagiospi can be used to monitor all sorts of network devices with a collection of check options that can seem overwhelming at first.
The raspberry pi only has 2 onboard usb 2 0 interfaces so to connect more usb devices you will need a powered usb hub.
