The Dude might be a bit more popular than Azure Virtual WAN. We know about 6 links to it since March 2021 and only 6 links to Azure Virtual WAN. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Azure gateways have limitations (eg100). Check with a Microsoft partner or look into recommended azure virtual wan (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-about). Source: 12 months ago
I think you are looking for: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-about. Source: almost 2 years ago
They also mentioned here that they can use Azure Virtual WAN. Source: over 2 years ago
Https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-about or https://www.megaport.com/ gives you a great backbone. You can create HUBS with any kind of NGFW. THE NGFW at the spokes/branches provides "the last mile" connection. Source: over 2 years ago
We have had great success with Azure Virtual WANs. They make many of the hassles you have just go away. They aren't free, but they are faster and easier to set up. You save money on the manpower hours. Https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-about. Source: almost 3 years ago
An incredibly powerful free tool that has been around a long time is Mikrotik's 'The Dude'. Source: about 1 year ago
If you have a powerful enough router in the network, one of your options is to use The DUDE (Documentation). Note that DUDE requires IP access to WinBox from the management network. For some more features, you should also enable SNMP on your routers. DUDE server can also host a syslog server, so you can have centralized log ingestion. The downside of this solution is that it's unfortunately not a fully-featured... Source: almost 2 years ago
“The Dude” is what the tool is called (yeah I don’t know why they called it that either). It’s a client-server application and the server nowadays only runs on a Mikrotik router as a separate package. You could use any Mikrotik router but since it’s heavy on logging I use a Mikrotik CHR as a VM just to host the dude. The free CHR license gives you 1Mbps throughput which for SNMP monitoring is plenty. Source: about 2 years ago
MikroTik has a software called The Dude, that runs on some sort of computer acting as a server (an always on computer to receive, monitor, and store the data collected from the statistics). This would be the best way to achieve what you want to do (collecting user usage statistics and storing it in one place). Source: about 2 years ago
Https://mikrotik.com/thedude Supports SNMP, ICMP, DNS and TCP monitoring for devices that support it. Source: over 2 years ago
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