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1. 1 second If a machine is not responding to pings then it is automatically assumed that the machine will also not respond to SNMP requests While this is not always the case it is true in most cases If you know specifically that a machine that is shown as Down is actually connected and will respond to SNMP then you can get the SNMP information through the MIB browser if you click on the MIB Browser button then you will see the MIB Browser with this machine s address already entered 10 Setting Preferences 2 Preferences X Main Preferences Email Preferences Log Preferences Set the ping interval in Ping Interval S seconds the time to 1395790704 wait between successive pollings Number of Threads ee ee ar ee a ae Set the number of Threads the backend should use to update the nodes in the W SNMP Enabled main window Preferences xX Who should be noti Main Preferences fi d b Email Preferences ed about important Log Preferences elas enter the TO email address events Put their idnameghosiname ca email address in here Please enter the FROM email address adminienaps com Who should the Please enter the Mail Server emails sent appear to smip cogeca ca be from Email Notification Enabled Place an SMTP server cet Nee eZ address that s accessable OK cancer D apoy Defaut from this machine 11 amp Preferences x Main Preferences Email Preferenc2. 130 113 64 65 Delete Cancel After selecting the nodes you want to delete clicking the right arrow button moves those addresses to the right box In this case the two IPs on the left will be deleted when the Delete button is clicked 7 Menu Items Each menu item can be accessed by clicking on them You can also use the keyboard by holding down Alt and typing the letter underlined in the name of the item you wish to select There are also quick keys defined for some menu items which are listed just to the right of those items also see Keyboard Shortcut Reference New Mapping clears all the nodes in the current window so you can start with a blank screen Open Mapping brings up an open file dialog window so you can select a saved mapping and load it into the main window S NAPS True Network Monitor File View Tools Monitoring New Mapping Ctrl N Save Mapping As brings up a save file dialog and allows you to type in a file name to save this mapping Open Mapping Ctrl D Save Mapping As Shits Save Mapping Ctrl Save Mapping will save to the current P file or if there is none then will bring up a save file dialog so you may type in a file Et name the current file name is displayed in the title bar in between the square brackets Preferences brings up the preferences Exit Exits window See Setting Preferences NAPS Find node brings up a d
3. 6 If you check off the priority box by clicking on it then you will be notified by email when something important happens to the machines you Add Node This button will bring up a small dialog that will allow you to add nodes to the window by their IP address entered Delete Node After clicking this button D e le tin g No de S yov ll be shown a small window where you can delete nodes currently displayed in the Clicking on the Delete Node button parers n main window eA l Delete node will bring up the window shown on Nodes in Nodes to Polling On Off When the button displays the right You can select the IPs of the Mapping ______ he Deleted then NAPS is actively getting informa machines you wish to stop monitoring on Me MRs tion from every node added to the window he lepeand then chiekthe ee 192 168 0 145 If you click on this button it changes to E move them to the right When you click acini and then NAPS will no longer be getting Delete then all of the nodes listed on new information If you click on it again the right will be removed Delete Cancel then it will return to active polling Exit Exits the program but will prompt you to Interpretting the Screen save your mapping if you have not already done so S NAP True Network Monitoring untitled MODIFIED Node has been added to the screen but no information has be
4. the IP address that you wish to be added click the OK button Additionally if you d like to be notified about events that occur involving this IP by email and also have the information logged in a special log file then you can check off the priority box before clicking OK As well as simply entering a single IP address in the Add Node window you can also enter a range of IP addresses To enter a range you specify the first three bytes of the IP address explicitly and then you may enter a hyphen ated number range as the last byte For example lets say you d like to add all of the computers in your local area network and you know that the computers range from 192 168 0 100 to 192 168 0 150 To enter all the computers between those two ranges you would enter 192 168 0 100 150 in the Add Node window Please note that the last byte of the IP address is the only one that you re al lowed to specify a range on Delete Node Window If you click on the icon press CTRL D or select Delete Node under the Monitoring menu item you ll see a win dow similar to the one in top figure When you first bring up the Delete Node window you ll see a list of all the nodes currently added on the left and another similar field to the right that says Empty You delete nodes by selecting on the nodes you wish to delete on the left side and then clicking the arrow to move them into the field titled Nodes to be Deleted If you accidentally
5. 7S Not Another Port Scanner User s Manual About NAPS was created by Nick Merizzi Matt Picheca Paul Paszynski and Tim Tisdall as their final year project in the computer science program at McMaster University in 2003 2004 W F S Poehlman was the faculty advisor for the project Quick Reference Guide 2 Maln OOID AIS eri aiy os hitter En ats atk 2 Interpretting the Screen 1 0 ee es 3 Deleting Node S 0 0 0 0c cc ns 3 Adding Nodes qq eee 3 Requirements and Installation 4 Requiremens _f S 7 amp 4 Instailatiog iM NN nent ee ee 4 Program User s Guide 5 Main Window m p aa 5 Add Noge WINdDW 2 ec Ne W 6 Delete Node Window 0 00 cc eee eee 7 Menu lteiRs e aaen TO 8 Node Information Window 0 00000085 10 Setting PreferenceS r AMT ananuna ee 11 Ping an Address 0r aa a 13 MIB Browser 4 o Tumma Q 14 Contents Keyboard Shortcut Reference 15 Adding Nodes Quick Reference Guide Clicking on the Add Node button op f 2 Add Node xj Po will bring up the window shown Enter the IP of the node to be added Main Toolbar gt gt gt on the right You can enter the IP of a Y machine you want to monitor or you can enter a range of IPs ex 1 2 3 4 6 priority OK Cancel will add the nodes 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 5 and 1 2 3
6. add a node to the right box that you don t want to delete simply click on it and click on the but ton to move it back to the left box When you ve finished moving nodes into their appropriate boxes ie the ones you want to keep are in the left box and the ones you want to delete are in the right box click on Delete to commit your changes When selecting items in the boxes you can do it in multiple ways If you d like to select multiple items in the list you can hold down the CTRL key and click on each of the items you wish to select Also if you wish to select a range of nodes you click on the first node in the range hold down Shift and then click on the last item in the node When you use the Shift method of selection then all nodes between the two you select will be selected as well Delete Node Ea Nodes in Nodes to Mapping be Deleted 130 113 64 65 192 168 0 1 192 168 0 100 192 168 0 103 192 168 0 145 gt Cancel When you first bring up the Delete Node info you should see a screen like this Delete Node x Nodes in Nodes to Mapping be Deleted 130 113 64 65 192 168 0 1 192 168 0 100 192 168 0 103 192 168 0 145 gt Cancel You can select multiple IPs by holding down the CTRL key and clicking on them xi Nodes in Nodes to Mapping be Deleted 192 168 0 103 192 168 0 100 192 168 0 145 192 168 0 173 192 168 0 1 gt
7. an address and clicking Ping Node we get a positive response 13 MIB Browser SNAPS The Build In MIB Browser File Edit View Tools Help a e Internet Ci mgmt CI mib 2 C system G sysDescr C sysObjectlD G sysUpTime G sysContact G sysName G sysLocation O sysServices J interfaces amp Fat f ip C icmp amp tep CI udp CI egp Host 127 0 0 1 Port 161 SetValue sid Object ID 1 3 6 1 2 1 1 1 0 Community Public Access Types READ A textual description ofthe entity This value should include the full name and version Tamb identification ofthe system s hardware type software operating system and networking v Output Control sysDescr OID 1 3 6 1 2 1 1 1 0 value Hardware x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 3 AT AT COMPATIBLE Software Windows 2000 Version 5 0 Build 2195 Uniprocessor Free gt Get GetNext Get All Set Close The MIB Browser window is probably the most complicated to use win dow in the NAPS program For most casual users of NAPS you will not need to use this window but more advanced users will find it useful to get additional information the Node Info window doesn t have Also the MIB Browser will also allow you to set values if you have the authorization ie you have set the Community field to a community that has permissi
8. en retrieved yet The node is responding to pings but doesn t have an SNMP agent Help Brings up the help window MIB Browser Opens Save Save your cur the MIB browser window rent mapping dis so you can make SNMP abled if there are no queries on different nodes in the winodw computers The node is responding to both pings and to SNMP re quests This node is not responding to ping 323232 Requirements and Installation Requirements NAPS was deisgned entirely in Java and can operate on any machine running Sun OS Linux Windows 2000 NT or XP or most flavours of Unix Also in order for the program to work properly the user running the program must have sufficient access to be able to run the ping command You can test if you meet this requirement by going to the command line and typing ping 127 0 0 1 If the message returned indicates that you don t have access to ping then NAPS will not work properly for you Talk to your system administrator to gain access to the ping command if you do not already have it Installation If you do not already have the Java Virtual Machine JVM then you may install Java 1 4 2 which is found on the CD it should be clearly indicated as to which file that is Alternatively you may download the latest version of Java from http java sun com with your web browser As mentioned in the requirements you must have access to the ping com mand If you don t have acce
9. es Log Preferences Blase Lior Toy These two buttons will erase all the contents of EraseStatusLog their respective files Humber of lines in log files How many lines should be kept in the E AAAA log file o Cancel l Apply Defaut 12 Ping an Address When selecting Ping TT HR a Node from the Tools n menu you will be shown Ping Node a dialog box where you can enter a machine ad dress Unlike the Add Node window you can enter either the IP address or the machine s Hostname When you click on the Ping Node button on the left of the window the program will try to ping that machine to see if it s responding The result of the ping will be shown just below the textfield where you entered the machine s name IP or hostname If you see a then that machine has responded to the ping and if you see a Bj then that means the machine didn t respond to the ping Please be aware that a machine that doesn t respond to ping is not nec essarily disconnected from the network There is a possibility that the response from the ping is taking longer than 1 second which will show falsely as a be cause the ping gives up waiting for the response after 1 second Also due to net work security concerns some system administrators have set up their machines to not respond to ping to avoid denial of service attacks 15 x Ping Hode wiry Creative student com After entering
10. g This window is updated as new information is found ing LastMap nap MODIFIED g Log Help Status Log Ctri L Network Alert Log similar to the Status Log ye lala eae but only gives information on nodes marked as Ctrl T e Trap Alert Log Ctr priority Trap Alert Log lists all the SNMP traps captured from nodes added to NAPS Help Index brings up the help window which y Hep contains information on how to use NAPS mre s About ciie Ctrl B About gives information on the creators of NAPS To close this window simply click on it Node Information Window 4 Detailed iew of 192 168 0 100 f ioj xj Ping Status true SHMP Available true Low Level of Importance Last Update was Sun Mar 26 14 00 51 EST 2004 Hostname MOSHE Host IP 192 168 0100 PC Location here Humber of Received Packets 24992 Host uptime OOd 04h 56m Obs Hardware x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 3 TAT COMPATIBLE Software Windows 2000 Yersion 5 0 Build 2195 Uniprocessor Free wh cw System description The Node Information Window is shown in the figure above Most of the information and buttons should be self explanatory However the uer should be aware of the following facts about NAPS A node may appear to go up and down if the response time to pinging varies between less than 1 second and greater than 1 second This is due to the fact that the ping gives up waiting for a response after
11. h is covered in the Quick Reference section Also the meaning of the machine icons should be mostly self explanatory but are also explained in the Quick Reference Menu Bar Gives you access to almost all of Title Bar This changes depending on the operat 9 ing system you re using NAPS functions Main View This Fie voae Tois a MOONE Lod Help is where all 3 0N H an of the nodes are dis played and Tool Bar where new Quick way 130 1 13 64 65 192 168 0 1 192 168 0 100 nodes are D N to access added to the main aspects of cOn 192 168 0 103 192 168 0 145 192 168 0 173 Down Since Thu Mar 11 19 00 10 C Status Bar Gives you information in some circumstances about the program s activities Scrollbar When there are a lot of nodes in the window this will become active Add Node Window To monitor a machine over the network you first need to add it to the main window with the Add Node window To bring up this window you can either click the Add Node button CED press CTRL A on the keyboard or select Add Node from the Monitoring menu item Enter the IP of the node to be added PO im priority OK Cancel After clicking the Add Node button in the main toolbar you will see the Add Node Win dow shown here Now that you have the window open you can begin to add nodes by entering their IP addresses When you ve entered
12. ialog that will allow you to search for an IP in the current mapping and then highlight the node if found Toolbar turns the icon toolbar on off S NAPS True Network Monitoring File View Tools Monitoring Lgs Status Bar turns the status bar at the bottom of the window on off g Toolbar Ctrl 2 H Status Bar Change Look amp Feel Change Look amp Feel allows you to alter the current look of NAPS by se lecting an alternate application skin Ping Node brings up a dialog to allow you to ping any IP or hostname address The address need not be one currently in the mapping see Ping an Address rue Network Monitoring ww Tools Monitoring Log Ping Node Cti T MIB Browser Ctrl MIB Browser brings up the MIB browser window see MIB Browser Add Node brings up the Add Node dialog to allow you to add a new node to the mapping see Add Node Window work Monitoring LastMap n ls Monitoring Log Help Add Node Ctrl A Delete Hode Ctrl D Stop Monitoring Delete Node brings up the Delete Node dialog which allows you to delete any nodes in the current mapping see Delete Node Window Stop Monitoring this tells NAPS that you want to stop all monitoring of the nodes In other words NAPS will stop getting SNMP information and stop pinging nodes and no new information will appear in NAPS Status Log brings up a window showing the con tents of the status lo
13. on to write values on this particular machine NOTE You will do no harm to your network or the machines on your network if you just use the Get buttons However setting values may cause problems on either particular machines or on the network in gen eral Essentially setting values should be left to users who know what they re doing 14 Keyboard Shortcut Reference D Q R Q Q A AAN AO le amp J h PED ee OTP SA I r 2 my I Q N a N a N N N N g g S S g j ey my g my my ey my l l m O O 6G S O l e E k l lo 2 rm 96 NO N N m S J ay IJ IP S IO J QO 47 Oo FA QA Qu LO IZ A Q Cm I j ICY amp fmni CZ Q New Mapping Open Mapping Save Mapping As Save Mapping Edit User Preferences Toolbar On Off Status Bar On Off Ping an address MIB browser Add Node s Delete Node s Delete Node s View Status Log View Network Alert Log User Help Menu Additionally all of the standard shortcuts specified by your operating system for cuting copying and pasting text should work in text fields Other shortcuts may work too but are operating system dependent 15
14. ss to ping then it s most likely due to a security policy in effect on your computer that can only be changed by the system admin istrator The installation of NAPS is fairly simple because the program is packaged into a JAR file Simply copy the NAPS directory off of the CD to where you d like to run the program Make sure that after copying the files you change the permissions on all the files in the directory and the directory itself so that it is not read only ie has write access on The reason for this is that NAPS will create log files and save network mappings to that directory To run the program in Windows most systems will be set up after install ing the JVM to allow you to double click on the naps jar file to execute the program Alternatively you can run the program from the command line by first making the NAPS directory the current directory and typing java jar naps jar If you re running Sun OS Linux or some other Unix similar system you can run the program by typing java jar naps jar at the command line when in the NAPS directory 4 Program User s Guide Main Window Thank you for using NAPS We hope that you find the program easy to use and useful for monitoring your own computer network The figure below will give you a brief general description of the different aspects of the main NAPS window The specifics will be covered in subsequent sections with the excep tion of the toolbar whic
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