# Router monitoring for optimized network performance Manage your routers with OpManager's AI-driven network observability ![OpManager](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/images/npm/opm-banner.svg) ## Router monitoring with OpManager: A quick walk-through ### Routers & switches #### Uptime and response Prevent downtime and network congestion by monitoring the uptime, packet loss, and response time of critical routers and switches. Get instant alerts for threshold violations to prevent service disruptions and to ensure compliance with SLAs. ![ ](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/sem/images/router-monitoring/router-uptime-response.webp) #### Traffic monitoring Keep tabs on inbound, outbound, and overall traffic from your routers and switches to optimize bandwidth usage and to identify anomalous traffic patterns. Visualize traffic spikes and dips with historical and real-time graphs. ![ ](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/sem/images/router-monitoring/traffic-monitoring.webp) #### Hardware monitoring Prevent unexpected hardware failures in key network devices with continuous polling. Monitor CPU temperature, chassis temperature, fan speed, and power supply units to get alerted of the symptoms of hardware issues proactively. ![ ](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/sem/images/router-monitoring/hardware-monitoring.webp) #### Performance monitoring Gauge the performance of routers and switches by monitoring critical systems like CPU, memory, and buffer with multi-level alarm thresholds. Visualize performance with colour-coded graphs and widgets. ![ ](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/images/npm/router.webp) ### Layer 2 networks #### Layer 2 maps Discover and map layer 2 network segments from a seed router. Monitor the status of routers, switches, and connected devices from the map and schedule rediscovery intervals to map changing network topology. ![Layer 2 maps](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/images/healthcare/airport-management/layer-2-network-topology-maps.webp) #### Switch-port mapping Monitor switch-port connections and devices connected to the switch ports with port maps. Get a list of MAC addresses connected to your ports, detect rogue devices, and manage switch port connections to optimize LAN traffic. ![SPM](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/images/npm/switch.webp) ### WAN performance #### IPSLA monitoring Set SLA terms for WAN link availability and round-trip time (RTT) to get alerted for violations. Synthesize WAN traffic between routers with Cisco IPSLA to proactively detect and resolve WAN issues. ![VoIP](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/images/npm/voip.webp) #### Network path monitoring Monitor the packet loss and response time on a hop-by-hop basis between any source and destination device with network path analysis. Isolate network hops causing congestion, get alerts for threshold violations, and keep track of multiple pathways between your source and destination. ![WAN](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/sem/images/router-monitoring/network-path-monitoring.webp) #### WAN link monitoring Monitor the availability and status of MPLS, ILL, and NLD WAN links from edge devices. Group WAN links into distributed sites and set dependencies between WAN edge devices and LAN devices like routers, switches, and servers. ![WAN](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/images/npm/wan.webp) ### Wireless networks #### Wireless LAN controller Manage wireless networks from the top down by monitoring wireless LAN controllers devices. OpManager helps you monitor WLC health, connected users, traffic utilization, SSIDs, rogue SSIDs, and access point health. ![Wireless LAN Controller](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/images/npm/wireless-lan-controller.webp) #### Wireless access point Monitor the health and availability of each access point in your wireless network. Keep track of access point health, signal strength, configuration changes and more. ![Wireless Access Point](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/images/npm/wireless-access-point.webp) #### Cisco Meraki controller Get complete visibility into your Cisco Meraki infrastructure including Meraki radios, Meraki switches, Meraki firewalls, Meraki vision, and Meraki gateway. You can also monitor the network performance of distributed Meraki wireless networks. ![Cisco Meraki Controller](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/images/npm/cisco-meraki-controller.webp) ## Start monitoring your routers in minutes ### Discovery and classification Discover and classify 1000s of devices in a matter of minutes. ### Uptime and performance monitoring Get auto-curated performance metrics for router performance and hardware health. ### Alarms and notifications Detect router issues with AI-driven monitoring, multi-level alarms, alarm correlation, escalation, and root cause analysis. ### Remedial workflows Automate incident response with multi-step conditional workflows. Drag and drop over 70 actions and trigger them with alarms or schedules. ## Detect and resolve router performance issues ### AI-driven performance monitoring OpManager's in-built AI engine ingests and analyzes monitored data to calculate suitable alarm thresholds on an hourly basis. When enables, OpManager automatically assigns relevant performance monitors for all devices, cutting down alarm floods, false positives, and manual configuration. ![AI-driven performance monitoring](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/sem/images/router-monitoring/ai-driven-performance-monitoring.webp) ### Forecasting performance trends Every monitored performance metric can be forecasted with AI-powered trend analysis. OpManager plots the value of performance metrics for the next hours, days, and weeks in the future. Performance bottlenecks can be detected in advance and capacity planning can be performed. ![Forecasting performance trends](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/sem/images/router-monitoring/forecasting-performance-trends.webp) ### Root cause analysis You can stack uptime, performance, and health monitors from multiple devices to a single window by dragging and dropping them on a root cause analysis profile.This enables easier metric correlation, faster root cause analysis, and quicker fault identification. ![Root cause analysis](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/images/npm/root-cause-analysis.webp) ### Automated incident response Cut down MTTRs by setting up incident response workflows to deal with potential network incidents proactively. OpManager's multi-level alarms can trigger automated troubleshooting workflows, send notifications in third party chat tools, raise tickets in ITSM solutions, or integrate with other third party solutions with webhooks and REST API. ![Automated incident response](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/sem/images/router-monitoring/automated-incident-response.webp) ### Dashboards, NOC views, and reports Analyze router performance conveniently with dedicated router monitoring dashboards and 100+ out of-the-box reports. In addition to preconfigured reports, you can also create custom reports, add reports, widgets, and maps to custom dashboard views, and create NOC views to monitor critical systems. ![Dashboards, NOC views, and reports](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/sem/images/router-monitoring/dashboards-noc-views-reports.webp) ## Enable add-ons for advanced router management ### Network configuration management With OpManager's Network Configuration Manager (NCM) add-on, you can perform effortless backup and configuration management on your router devices. You can schedule and manage network configurations from your monitoring interface and set baselines to revert to in the event of an outage. NCM also performs compliance and vulnerability monitoring on your router devices. ### Traffic and bandwidth management OpManager's NetFlow Analyzer add-on enables Flow based traffic and bandwidth management. You can analyze bandwidth usage by your applications, perform traffic shaping by prioritizing application traffic, and detect traffic anomalies with AI-driven monitoring. ## 5 reasons to choose OpManager as your router monitoring tool ![5 reasons to choose OpManager](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/images/npm/npm-why-choose.svg) - **Convenient:** Deploys in minutes - **Versatile:** Monitors any network device - **Intelligent:** Leverages AI and ML analysis - **Effortless:** Has powerful automation features - **Secure:** Uses the latest authentication and encryption tools ## Related Products - [Network Monitoring](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/?relPrd) - [Bandwidth Monitoring & Traffic Analysis](https://www.manageengine.com/products/netflow/?relPrd) - [Network Configuration Management](https://www.manageengine.com/network-configuration-manager/?relPrd) - [Switch Port & IP Address Management](https://www.manageengine.com/products/oputils/?relPrd) - [Firewall Management](https://www.manageengine.com/products/firewall/?relPrd) - [Network Monitoring Software for MSPs](https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring-msp/?relPrd) - [IT Operations Management](https://www.manageengine.com/it-operations-management/) - [Application Performance Monitoring](https://www.manageengine.com/products/applications_manager/?relPrd)