What ports does Spiceworks use?

By default Spiceworks will install on Port 80, if there is a conflict with Port 80 Spiceworks will install on Port 9675. Sometimes it is necessary to change the Port if Spiceworks did not detect a service running (i.e. IIS).

How does Spiceworks Network Monitor Work?

Spiceworks scans a PC’s local network and reports on the health of various items. You can tell which printers are running out of ink, which PCs have out-of-date virus scanners, and so on. To monitor PCs, you need to be a systems administrator with a network administrator login for the computers in your office.

How do I change my Spiceworks port?

To change the port Spiceworks is running on, right click the Spiceworks Desktop icon in the system try and choose preferences. Here you can set the ports you wish to use. After changing the ports, restart the service.

How do I allow Spiceworks through Windows Firewall?

How to: Configure Windows firewall and UAC to allow Spiceworks scans

1. Step 1: Open an Administrator command prompt. Click the Start button, type cmd, and hit Enter to open a command-prompt.
2. Step 2: Enable the Remote Administration rule.
3. Step 3: Enable the WMI firewall rule.
4. Step 4: Disable remote administration filtering.

How do I configure network monitoring?

Network Monitor Success in 8 Easy Steps

1. Identify the critical devices on your network.
2. Define your network monitoring policies.
3. Configure WMI and SSH on Windows and Linux servers.
4. Configure SNMP on network devices.
5. Set a baseline for network performance.
6. Set up alerts and customize thresholds levels.

How do I manage and monitor my network?

10 things you need to do to manage your network effectively

1. Create an inventory of your most important systems.
2. Develop a change control process.
3. Be aware of compliance standards.
4. Have a map with status icons.
5. Look at dependencies.
6. Setup alerting.
7. Decide on standards and security for getting network information.

What is spiceworks connectivity dashboard?

What is the Connectivity Dashboard? A free tool that visually represents, in real-time, the state of the connectivity between your remote sites or individual user workstations (the rows in the dashboard), and the web apps or IT resources they need to perform their every day job (the columns in the dashboard).

How do I change my user portal in Spiceworks?

Log into Spiceworks as an admin, then click on the “user portal” tab and choose “customize.” This allows me to customize the page or pages that the user sees once they are logged in.

What are the most common network monitoring and management protocols used?

SNMP
The two most widely used monitoring protocols are SNMP and WMI. They provide Network Admins with thousands of monitors to assess the health of their networks and the devices on them.

Why do you need network monitoring?

Network monitoring helps you point out the exact location of the network problem or prove that the network is not the problem. Continuous monitoring can help you to identify potential issues before they occur. It means that you can proactively solve problems before they get to the users.

What are the ports for Spiceworks Network Monitor?

Ports that need to be accessible on the remote devices being monitored: Port 161 (tcp) for SNMP monitoring of networking devices, port 135 (tcp) for WMI monitoring on Windows servers, and we use ICMP PING to “double-check” that a device is offline if we fail to get a response using SNMP or WMI.

How does Spiceworks help with network troubleshooting?

Its real-time connectivity matrix accelerates troubleshooting by helping you identify whether there’s an issue with an ISP, your internal network or the web applications itself. It comes fully integrated with Spiceworks Cloud Help Desk and Inventory online

How long does it take to set up Spiceworks monitoring?

Start monitoring in minutes. Spiceworks Connectivity Dashboard is simple to set up. Install the monitoring agent on any workstation/server, configure the application URLs and start monitoring. and more. Fix issues before they are issues.

What are the ports on the Spiceworks firewall?

You do not want to open these ports on the firewall. 4094 (collector service), 5555 (processor service), 6739 (redis database), 8005 (app server), 8009 (app server). Ports that need to be accessible on the app server to access the UI: Whatever port you installed it on (port 8080 by default) and 5556.