[c-nsp] Looking for a tool to monitor OSPF network

[Mark Wiater]

Code Monkey wrote:
> Hi,

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> I'm thinking that on any router, or at least on any router in a given area,
> I have all the information I'd need to see if all my links are up, in the
> form of the ospf database.
> 
> Does anyone know of any script that analyzes a (Cisco) OSPF database?
> Ideally tying it in with Nagios or maybe BigBrother, but essentially just
> transforming it so that it's easy to see whether a given link is up? I'd
> like to do a show ip ospf database and put the output into the script.

There's a check_snmp_routes.pl in a nagios plugin package. This uses
snmp to get the route table. I've used it to check for a specific
route's existance but not the database. It's not that hard to modify
to work with Big Brother.

Not quite what you asked for but it may provide some ideas.

Mark