Watch the network with Mikrotik Netwatch

Whenever you have a network with more than a few devices or more than a couple users, you will need to know more about the network health. Whether you are just an advanced user, system administrator or technical support engineer, knowing the status of all devices inside the network is necessary.

We can use a full-scale network monitoring solution (NMS), like the Mikrotik Dude. However, we can fulfill our goal in a simpler yet effective manner. Mikrotik RouterOS includes some cool features. We can utilize the Netwatch service to check availability of the hosts inside the network.

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