The Ultimate Network Auditing Tool
Audit your network performance for free. Identify network issues. Optimize your network.
See It To Believe It With Obkio's Network Audit Tool
If it’s a network issue, we’ll help you solve it.
If it’s NOT a network issue, we’ll help you prove it.
When people complain about performance issues, the network is always to blame. But is it REALLY a network issue?
Obkio's end-to-end Network Performance Monitoring & Troubleshooting software is designed to help IT pros audit and understand their network performance to:
- Understand if your network is experiencing issues
- Prepare for a migration or service deployment
- Prioritize what infrastructure needs to be upgraded
- Get custom reports with a network performance score
- Implicate external teams or MSPs to troubleshoot
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To audit your network, you need complete visibility. And to do that, you need Obkio. Lucky fot you, deploying Obkio’s Network Auditing Tool is quick and hassle-free.
With our user-friendly onboarding wizard, you can set up and begin monitoring your network in just 10 minutes. Whether you’re looking to audit for performance issues, prepare for a migration, or ensure your network’s health, Obkio simplifies the process with instant access to premium features during a 14-day free trial.
Define Your Network Auditing Objectives
Pinpoint your goals, whether it’s dentifying network issues, preparing for a migration, identifying areas for optimizations or monitoring SLAs.
Before diving into your network audit, it’s crucial to define your objective. Obkio’s Network Auditing Tool helps you tailor the audit to your needs and gain actionable insights that are directly aligned with your business requirements, helping you make informed decisions to maintain or enhance network performance.
Start by clearly identifying your network audit checklist, and let Obkio guide you toward achieving them efficiently.
- Understand if your network is experiencing issues
- Identify network issues before a migration or deployment
- Prioritize areas of the network for optimization
- Implicate external business units or MSPs to solve network issues
You may have a feeling that your network is experiencing issues, but you don’t always have the proof. Obkio can help you collect the data you need to prove that there’s a network issue or not.
Collect & Visualize Network Performance Data
Monitor and visualize key metrics using Obkio’s NPM features, like performance graphs and dashboards, for a clear snapshot of your network's performance.
Once your objectives are set, it’s time to collect real-time data on your network’s performance. Obkio uses synthetic monitoring and predefined thresholds to continuously monitor latency, packet loss, jitter, throughput, and other key network metrics, giving you a full picture of how your network operates. This data is visualized through simple, intuitive graphs and diagrams, including the powerful Chord Diagram, which shows all your network paths at a glance.
- Monitor performance between any two points in your network
- Measure key network metrics
- Visualize all your data at a glance
- Pinpoint where network issues occurred
- Troubleshoot and solve network problems
Proactively Identify Network Issues With Ease
Understand what issues are affecting your network, where they’re happening, how they occurred, and why they’re impacting performance.
Once you've gathered your network performance data, it's time to dig deeper. Obkio’s Network Auditing Tool helps you identify network issues by analyzing key metrics and performing historical analysis. Whether the problem stems from a specific device, connection, or location, Obkio gives you clear insights into what’s wrong, where it's happening, and when it occurred.
- Obkio's Network Device Monitoring with SNMP identifies internal network issues, such as resource problems (CPU, memory usage) on network devices like routers and switches.
- Obkio Vision: Visual Traceroute Tool helps you pinpoint where issues are located and identify problems occurring within your MSP or ISP network, making it easier to diagnose external connection problems.
With these diagnostic tools at your fingertips, you can easily understand the root cause of performance issues, so you can address issues before they impact your network, applications and end-users.
Generate Detailed Network Audit Reports & Alerts
Obkio’s Network Auditing Tool allows you to generate easy-to-understand visual reports and set up real-time alerts to stay ahead of network performance issues and identify areas for optimization.
With flexible timeframes, you can customize reports to cover anything from a few hours to a full month, focusing on specific metrics like latency or packet loss.
Set up automated reports on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis, and deliver them directly via email or public URLs to your team. Integration with Webhooks ensures seamless automation, making it easy to manage reports and react quickly to any performance deviations.
- Identify what areas of your network are being affected
- Schedule reports to get regular network performance updates
- Analyze reports internally to troubleshoot with your IT team
- Share reports with your Service Provider for immediate resolutions
Troubleshoot Network Issues & Identify Areas for Optimization
Pinpoint and resolve performance problems at their source, and determine if the responsibility lies with you, your MSP, or ISP. And identify areas for network optimization.
Obkio’s Network Audit Tool goes beyond identifying issues – it helps you troubleshoot them right at the source. With Obkio Vision, our powerful visual traceroute tool, you can drill down into the data and use hop-by-hop analysis to pinpoint exactly what’s causing performance problems.
Whether it’s a local device, an ISP bottleneck, or an external factor, Obkio shows you where the issue lies and helps you determine whether it's within your control or should be escalated to your MSP or ISP. This proactive approach ensures efficient issue resolution, minimizing downtime and improving overall network performance.
Actionable Steps and Continuous Monitoring
Now that you've used Obkio's network auditing tool to perform a complete assessment, you can take the final steps:
- Troubleshoot Identified Issues: Use your insights to address the network problems you've found, knowing the source and cause.
- Collaborate with Your MSP or ISP: Reach out for assistance in resolving any lingering issues.
- Make Network Optimizations: Enhance your network based on the weak spots identified during the assessment.
- Proceed with Service Deployment or Migration: Move forward confidently, knowing your network is ready for the transition.
- Monitor Performance with Obkio: Ensure ongoing monitoring before, during, and after your deployment.
But remember, the journey doesn’t end here—continuous monitoring is essential to identify and resolve future issues effectively.
Ensure Network Optimization with Continuous Monitoring
Continuously monitor to confirm issues are resolved and ensure optimal network performance after any changes.
Continuous Monitoring
Use the best network auditing tool to ensure your network remains optimized even after addressing performance issues. Obkio consistently tracks network metrics, allowing you to confirm that your solutions are effective and that no new problems are emerging.
Proactive Optimization
By establishing a performance baseline and continually measuring against it, you can detect any deviations in real-time, providing a proactive approach to network monitoring. This means your network can adapt quickly to changing demands, ensuring smooth operations and reliable performance for all users.
Conquering Network Issues with
Expert Insights and Effective Strategies
Welcome to our blog, where we address the common challenge of identifying network issues and provide you with effective solutions. At times, network problems can be elusive, causing disruptions, performance bottlenecks, and frustration. But fret not, because we are here to help. Our team of experts has extensive experience in tackling network issues head-on, and we are excited to share our knowledge and insights with you.