LigoWave Wireless Network Management System

LigoWave WNMS - Wireless Network Management System

WNMS is a FREE enterprise grade Wireless Network Management System. Single software solution simplifies a large number of management and monitoring tasks for network administrator. Comprehensive network management software supports up to several thousand of nodes. Multiple networks may be maintained and monitored using one server. Rich feature set helps to diagnose network problems effectively, visualize network on map, perform automatically scheduled firmware upgrades, track states of devices, get alerts about failures, collect statistics and many other things. Web-based system environment supports multi-user accounts. Several administrators may manage different networks on the same server, without having access to each other's equipment.

The WNMS system architecture allows configuring or performing firmware upgrades on any network infrastructure. Monitored devices can be on LAN behind a NAT or on WAN. Scalable software design is perfectly suited for small and large networks. Rapidly growing networks may be split it into smaller logical groups (smaller networks) and assigned to different administrators. All information about the devices that are monitored (name, MAC, serial number, IP, firmware version) is stored in WNMS server. Information storage in one place, quick search capabilities, data export options simplify the inventory management. Each network device can be monitored individually with defined tracking parameters (standard and custom based on SNMP value). Reported alerts are shown on WNMS dashboard in a real time. Furthermore, system has the ability to notify contacts (via email) when problems arise and are resolved. Alert history is stored on the server allowing analysis of failures that happened in the past.

Windows version

This section provides instructions on how to install and uninstall WNMS on Windows OS (Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows VISTA, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7).

WNMS is now available on Windows OS as well. To see the installation instructions, please read the QIG. Currently it can run on:

• WindowsXP
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows VISTA
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows 7

Linux version

WNMS is available for Linux operating system, Ubuntu or Debian. Installation packages (.deb) can be downloaded from the LigoWave software repository. Append APT source list with a following line "deb http://wnms.ligowave.com/ stable main". For more detailed instruction look at Quick Install Guide.

IMPORTANT: All LigoPTP (except LigoPTP MiMo) equipment has to be upgraded with the latest 6.43 firmware version to be able to see the devices on WNMS system. New firmware images are available in the downloads section here.

NOTE: How to install the WNMS for Linux system please look at the Quick Install Guide.

Virtual machine version

The virtual image option is not only a simple and quick way to start WNMS on most of the operating systems, but also makes it easier to familiarize with WNMS features, test its functionality and even use it for normal network operation. The WNMS virtual image works seamlessly with VMware and VirtualBox.

To learn how to install WNMS using VMWARE or VirtualBox software, please read the Quick installation guide.

LigoWave Quick Start Guide WNMS-QuickStart.pdf (2963KB)

"I like the alerts that you can have so if there are any issues you can receive an email 24/7 to let you know that there is a problem, which for me, a network manager is perfect. Looking forward to the next version!! "
Gary Deen (Liverpool)

"Yes i would also recommend this management tool and the Mimo kit. Cheers"
Tim Saunderson (Newcastle)

"I cant beleive that this management tool was free! i have used network management tools before and that are a lot of money with only half the functionality!! I recommend this even if you just have one link!! We have three and we could not do without this as our links are business critical."
Steve Lanns (Manchester)

"Very very good! this makes my job very easy as i get full visibility of our link. Glad i went with Ligowave now. 5 Star."
Pete Johnston (Derby)

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