The Dude

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Introduction
Manual:The Dude
The Dude [1] is a free application by MikroTik, which can dramatically improve the way you manage your network environment. It will automatically scan all devices withinspecified subnets, draw and layout a map of your networks, monitor services of your devices and execute actions based on device state changes. Not only can you monitor your devices, you can also manage them. Mass upgrade RouterOS [2] devices, configure them right from within the Dude interface, run network monitoring tools etc.

Documentation
General usage • • • • • Installation and requirements Firstlaunch of the Dude Main window overview Search and Export to PDF/CSV Web interface

Devices • Device list • Device map

Manual:The Dude • • • • Discovering devices Adding and Editing devices Links Networks

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Monitoring • • • • • • • • • Services and Outages Notifications Charts Functions Agents Logs Syslog server MIB nodes Probes

Settings • Server settings • Server files • • • • •Admins Address lists History Panels Tools

Misc Documents • Version changelog • The Dude License

Old articles
• The Dude 1.0 Documentation

User articles
How-To's: • • • • • • • • • • • Translating The Dude Dude windows installation Dude Linux Installation Exporting and Importing Configuration Before doing anything guide Getting started with Functions and probes Quick guide to a good probeUsing Discovery Device management Graphing Client Signal Strength Managing Multiple Remote Bridged Routers

• Dude as Syslog Server • Dude como Servidor Syslog (el español) • Custom probe settings

Manual:The Dude • • • • • • • • Extra Tools Start The Dude with Shortcut Email notifications Email notifications using... Gmail Alternate SMTP port for notifications View and Graph the Number ofWireless Clients Display voltage for Mipsbe devices DOCSIS Statistics (Arris C3, Motorola cablemodems) (new)

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• Dudes as a windows service (Outdated, Dude now support it)

References
[1] http:/ / www. mikrotik. com/ thedude. php [2] http:/ / www. mikrotik. com/ software. html

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The Interface
Manual:The Dude/Installation
The Dude is free software, no purchase is necessary. You candownload The Dude from the MikroTik webpage, in the Software section. On the Dude page, you will see Stable and Beta versions of the Dude, as well as special NPK files for The Dude support inside RouterOS.
Note: Generally Beta versions include more features, but could contain yet undiscovered issues. Stable versions are recommended for critical installations.

• The Dude changelog providesinformation about feature changes and bug fixes between versions. • The Dude license provides legal information regarding the use of The Dude

System requirements
The Dude runs on most versions of Microsoft Windows. It is recommended to use Windows 2000 or newer. We have successfully used The Dude even on very low power machines, so generally, any system which can acceptably run Windows 2000 orWindows XP will be able to run The Dude. The program can also be used on Linux and MacOS if using Wine [1] or Darwine [2] respectively.

Installation process
• Download The Dude installation file

• After downloading the Dude installation file, run it to start the installation.

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• After the installation process is complete, The Dude start menu item groupwill be created, and The Dude will be ready to use

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Read more
• The Dude/First use

References
[1] http:/ / www. winehq. org/ [2] http:/ / winebottler. kronenberg. org/

Manual:The Dude/First use
When first launching The Dude, you will be given the choice of the program language. Language translations are provided by other users of the program....