iDirect monitor

The system is applicable to satellite broadband service providers and resellers who have a number of iDirect sites that they have a responsibility to monitor and keep working.  It is also applicable to a business leasing several iDirect sites, for example across Africa/Europe/Middle East, but concerned centrally that all sites are operational and working normally.  Even individual end users might wish to have an independent means of monitoring the performance of their terminal.

How it works: Imagine that you are the manager concerned about several iDirect sites. You have access to these sites, either physically by visiting them or by remote access via LAN or WAN using the modem passwords. You need to set up an account on the Nynex vNMS server.  Registration is available to you even if you don't have your iDirect service provided by Nynex.  Having set up the account you download some 'collector' client software that you then apply to all your iDirect routers. Once running, this software collects service status and traffic flow information about your remotes and sends it periodically to the vNMS server.
You now access the vNMS and observe the status and graphical traffic throughput of all your remote sites.

What to do:
Register with the server: https://vnms0.nynex.de/cgi-bin/register.cgi
You then get your vNMS password sent to you by email.
Log in here: https://vnms0.nynex.de/cgi-bin/index.cgi
Download the 'installer' which you run on your PC and use to put the client software on all your iDirect remotes.
Download the vNMS instructions and use the screens to check that all your sites are working normally.

The vNMS system is presently free of charge, but this may change.