Running Time & Date on Network Maps?

RouterOS The Dude
1

Hi!

Can you have running Time & Date on Network Maps? :bulb:

Excellent Networking Tool!!! :smiley:

Cheers!!!

2

Do you just want the current date and time to show up on the page?

3

Yes… :smiley:

The current Date & Time from either a NTP source or from the hosting computer/server.

Sometimes the network map is displayed on large palsma or lcd monitor. This could
have a Company logo attached, a rotating graphic when a condition has poped up, etc… :sunglasses:

Cheers!!!

4

I did this by doing the following:

  1. Find a device on your network that keeps time and optionally updates itself via NTP
    (For my network I had an APC environment monitor that does this, but most routers and switches do also.)

  2. Right click on the device and do an SNMPwalk and find the line that gives you the time
    and the line that gives you the date if possible
    Right click on the line and do Copy OID

  3. Create a new device on your network map that has the IP address of the device you’re using to get time - don’t set it to have any services

  4. Right click on the device and select “Appearance”
    Under the section that says “Label” put in Date & Time, and under it the oid.
    For example mine reads like this:
    Date & Time
    [oid(“1.3.6.1.4.1.318.2.1.6.1.0”)]
    [oid(“1.3.6.1.4.1.318.2.1.6.2.0”)]
    (of course your oids will be different)