8072G-1 Use Tcl/Tk to build the custom network management tools you need. Often, there's no substitute for a custom network management tool-but you can't afford to spend months building one. There's a quick, easy solution: Tcl/Tk scripts. Learn to leverage Tcl/Tk's power and efficiency-from experts who've built successful network management products for Cisco, Digital and 3Com. Discover why Tcl/Tk tools are perfect for troubleshooting, device monitoring, inventory, configuration, and many other network management applications. Then build five real-world applications to use right away, learning concepts and routines you'll reuse constantly: *Response time monitoring *Network discovery *IP path tracing/diagnostics *Web-based status monitoring *RMONv2 configuration Learn proven techniques for Web-enabling your network management applications-and for building tools that are extensible and easy to modify. Carefully annotated code and extensive screen captures show exactly what to expect. An accompanying Web site includes downloadable source code, new tips and insights, and much more. With Building Network Management Tools with Tcl/Tk, you can deploy the tools you really need-when you need them.

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Use Tcl/Tk to build the custom network management tools you need.

Often, there's no substitute for a custom network management tool-but you can't afford to spend months building one. There's a quick, easy solution: Tcl/Tk scripts. Learn to leverage Tcl/Tk's power and efficiency-from experts who've built successful network management products for Cisco, Digital and 3Com.

Discover why Tcl/Tk tools are perfect for troubleshooting, device monitoring, inventory, configuration, and many other network management applications. Then build five real-world applications to use right away, learning concepts and routines you'll reuse constantly:

Response time monitoring
Network discovery
IP path tracing/diagnostics
Web-based status monitoring
RMONv2 configuration

Learn proven techniques for Web-enabling your network management applications-and for building tools that are extensible and easy to modify. Carefully annotated code and extensive screen captures show exactly what to expect. An accompanying Web site includes downloadable source code, new tips and insights, and much more.

With Building Network Management Tools with Tcl/Tk, you can deploy the tools you really need-when you need them.

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