Question What network tools are you using to monitor or automate your LAN/WAN setup?

[channelbeloved]

I’ve been trying to clean up my small office/home LAN and I'm curious what others here use to manage or automate their networks.

Things I’m specifically looking into:

• Real-time monitoring or dashboard tools
• Automation for router restarts, port forwarding, or config backups
• Alerts for device connection/disconnection or unusual traffic
• Anything to streamline VLAN or firewall rule changes

Not necessarily enterprise-level stuff — just practical tools that actually help. Would love to hear what you guys are using!

 

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[experiencepretzel]

Nice thread! Here’s what I’ve been using for my home lab and a few client setups:

• UniFi Controller: Great for managing APs, VLANs, and pushing firmware updates.
  
  
• Zabbix for general monitoring and SNMP pulls. It takes some effort to set up but is powerful.
  
  
• Pi-hole + Grafana stack: gives a clean DNS-level view and logs everything.
  
  
• Attune: It’s agentless and lets me push config changes, restart network services, and keep a record of what ran and where.
  
  
• Also using Tailscale to keep everything securely accessible from remote devices.
  

Curious to hear if anyone’s using Ansible or Salt for this kind of setup too?