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IP management tool recommendations? (self.networking)

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Hello! I am looking for an ip management tool to manage an existing ip base that hasn't been organized. Either an open source or paid tool would be considered, and of course a web front end would be best. I have seen the Orion IP Management from Solarwinds, and it looks ok, but wanted to know if there were other options out there.

Thanks!

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[–]stringochars 3 points4 points ago

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Infoblox? It's basically a swiss army knife

[–]z0nk 0 points1 point ago

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Kinda pricey, but brilliant. Love their DNS, DHCP, and IPAM in a box.

SolarWinds is very nice, but not worth the steep price unless you're integrating it with their other Orion tools.

[–]j1028 0 points1 point ago

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Infoblox is great if you have budget for it.

I used IPPlan in the past for a free solution which worked very well. If you need IPv6, IPPlan was still in beta release for that so you might want to look elsewhere if it didn't go any further.

[–]sgtcaseyCCNP 0 points1 point ago

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Using Infoblox where I work. While it is pricey, it works very nice!

[–]ugnaught 2 points3 points ago

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We use Proteus at my job. It works fine. No major complaints.

You can actually have it sync up with DNS/DHCP servers.

[–]slaytan213CCNA 0 points1 point ago

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+1 on Proteus. Very easy to use and set up

[–]GoldieTheMackCCNA, CCNA + Wireless 0 points1 point ago

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Does this tool support VRFs?

[–]Csgod0CCNA 0 points1 point ago

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Certified bluecat admin here. I second proteus

[–]MrNifty 1 point2 points ago

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We are buying BT Diamond soon. Supposed to be pretty good, and supports IPv6, but I haven't used it.

[–]tokennrgNetwork Mechanic 0 points1 point ago

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Implementing BT Diamond now. So far we've been very impressed with it. If you're of the service provider type (or even if not) the management software from 6connect is pretty damn slick too.

There's several open source IPAM solutions out there but most don't handle IPv6 very well. The best one I ran across was HaCi.

Also: http://www.getipv6.info/index.php/IPv6_Management_Tools

[–]Xipher 0 points1 point ago

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I've been looking for a good IPAM solution as well. I've looked at 6Connect demo and my annoyance with it is trying to populate it with existing info. I can't seem to tell it the root prefix and then add pre-existing prefixes out of it to be carved out of the existing space. It seems in order to get pre-existing prefixes into the database you have to split it down manually. If anyone has had experience with it and know what I'm doing wrong feel free to poke me.

[–]ieatdots 1 point2 points ago

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I'm using GestioIP, it isn't a bad free option. However I haven't used any of the pay tools, Gestio probably pales in comparison.

[–]silentguardian 1 point2 points ago

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I am using Gestio for a ~200 site WAN for my organization.

[–]soyko 1 point2 points ago

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I built my own.

Using a MySQL database, and a modified version of cammer to grab all of the data I want from switches.

It helped with learned the structure of my network and how SNMP works.

[–]chilldontkill 1 point2 points ago

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do you have some links on how to do something like that, that helped you?

[–]soyko 1 point2 points ago

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http://codewiki.wikispaces.com/cammer_c_explan

Cisco SNMP Object Navigator

The basic idea of how SNMP works with switches

I had to separate the script into two because my Layer3 switch, that was the gateway for my vlans has a SNMP bug in it, when I do a snmpwalk for the arp table, the CPU usage goes up to 100% for about two minutes, and the way the script works by default is to hit up your ARP table then the CAM table.

Let me know if you want anymore help.

[–]chilldontkill 0 points1 point ago

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Nice! Thx alot!

[–]sartanCCIE, Cisco Certified Cat Herder 0 points1 point ago

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I find that there's rarely something anybody wants "out of the box"... I've toyed with building my own many times in the past, never really finished the job.

[–]Soulfly37 0 points1 point ago

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I just use a carefully crafted excel document. one that keeps our assigned IP's (no dhcp) and one that keeps the scheme with the network ranges.

[–]bltst2 0 points1 point ago

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We just moved from EasyIP to InfoBlox

[–]Maledictus 0 points1 point ago

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http://racktables.org

[–]eberkut 0 points1 point ago

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This is a recurring question.

  • Infoblox is awesome but pricey, does IPAM as part of DHCP and DNS. There is a free if limited version.
  • ipplan is the standard open source tool but it's originally targeted towards ISP and it's a bit dated (php4-based, ugly interface IMHO).
  • racktables is a more modern open source tool but it does more than just IPAM as its name implies (rack management, cabling).

If you can script, it's not that hard to roll out your own. Personally, I'm setting up Infoblox next week.

[–]danstermeister 0 points1 point ago

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I would second IPPLAN. It's now beta for ipv6, and while the interfacing isn't 'beautiful' it is intuitive. I've used it for years and it "just works".

I say this because I work with a hosting support team that has to navigate it and they tend not to complain about it, so it must not be that bad :) .

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Thanks for all the great replies! I will be sifting through and demoing a bunch of them, and if we decide on one I will post back with an update.

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