Pretty cool App - Collate:Network

[ajh]

I was looking for a tool like this, and stumbled upon yours... It
looks really good and was straightforward to install. Great job! I
also might be interested in the inventory project, but the links all
seem to be broken.

Just a quick question, when setting up a subnet, what does ACL refer
to?

-Andy

[Jake]

Andy:

The ACL is so that you can input your DHCP ranges or any other ranges
you'd like to exclude from the available space that will be showed to
users when they reserve IPs.

I'm really glad you like the project. I would greatly appreciate any
requests for enhancements that you think of that would make your job
easier when using the application. Please check out the issue tracker
here: http://code.google.com/p/collate-network/issues/list to see
what's planned already.

Thanks!

Jake

[Jake]

OH, links were broken because i scheduled that project for deletion. I
didn't think anyone would use the application with the advent of SMS
and other neat tools...but I guess it is still relevant for people who
don't want to use those bulky, expensive things.

-Jake

On Feb 23, 10:13 am, Jake <JakePau...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Andy:
>
> The ACL is so that you can input your DHCP ranges or any other ranges
> you'd like to exclude from the available space that will be showed to
> users when they reserve IPs.
>
> I'm really glad you like the project. I would greatly appreciate any
> requests for enhancements that you think of that would make your job
> easier when using the application. Please check out the issue tracker

> here:http://code.google.com/p/collate-network/issues/listto see

[Andy Hester]

Jake,

I finally imported most of the spreadsheet bs into the collate db.  Worked very well - much better that re-entering it all.  I have not found any real issues or feature request, but I'll keep you posted.

On the inventory tool, I didn't quite understand.  Is this a working project that you decided to retire, or was it just a planned tool that you decided was too similar to existing tools?  Most tools I have seen have been complex and addressed many areas such as hardware and software inventory, patches, etc. I wouldn't mind having a tool that could keep up with anything that has a MAC address.

The other thing that I need is a database that assigns hardware to a particular user.  You would think that MS would have done this at some point.  (maybe they have and I just don't know it)  My desktop guys need to assign hardware to a user and track it.   Of course some hardware would be assigned to generic users.  Do you have this requirement?  How do other people do this?

As far as the help desk piece, the company I work for as a consultant has there own helpdesk software and I can not change it, or I would have already replaced it with RT or such.

Thanks again for your contribution to the community.

-Andy

[Jake]

Andy:

Great to hear you're having success with Collate:Network.
Collate:Inventory was a ready-for-testing kind of app. It definitely
needs more features but I halted development when we decided to go
with SMS. The inventory app tracks hardware and software licenses as
follows:

software licenses are entered (title and license count are tracked -
options for site license etc. are present)
hardware is entered (tracked by serial number and optional inventory
ID that can even be automatically generated)
users are entired (and can be assigned to sites or have home addresses
entered...)

software is assigned to hardware
hardware is assigned to a user

There are provisions for "in inventory" items that aren't yet assigned
as well as provisions for hardware that will be retired (but not
deleted from the database...can also be brought back into service if
needed.)

I recommend taking a look. If i know people are using it, i will
develop more.

Collate:Helpdesk isn't written yet so i'm not too disappointed. We use
an in-house developed helpdesk system that many people find problems
with. Our development team has many projects that take up their time
so my writing a helpdesk system might just be for fun anyway..we'll
see how it turns out...

Thanks, -jake

On Mar 17, 4:26 pm, "Andy Hester" <andy.hes...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jake,
>
> I finally imported most of the spreadsheet bs into the collate db.  Worked
> very well - much better that re-entering it all.  I have not found any real
> issues or feature request, but I'll keep you posted.
>
> On the inventory tool, I didn't quite understand.  Is this a working project
> that you decided to retire, or was it just a planned tool that you decided
> was too similar to existing tools?  Most tools I have seen have been complex
> and addressed many areas such as hardware and software inventory, patches,
> etc. I wouldn't mind having a tool that could keep up with anything that has
> a MAC address.
>
> The other thing that I need is a database that assigns hardware to a
> particular user.  You would think that MS would have done this at some
> point.  (maybe they have and I just don't know it)  My desktop guys need to
> assign hardware to a user and track it.   Of course some hardware would be
> assigned to generic users.  Do you have this requirement?  How do other
> people do this?
>
> As far as the help desk piece, the company I work for as a consultant has
> there own helpdesk software and I can not change it, or I would have already
> replaced it with RT or such.
>
> Thanks again for your contribution to the community.
>
> -Andy
>