Overview

What is Big Brother (by The MacLawran Group)?

is a set of shell scripts that monitor system conditions and network connectivity.

In depth

A closer look at Big Brother (by The MacLawran Group)

Big Brother is designed so that each local system broadcasts its own information to a central location. Simultaneously, Big Brother also polls all networked systems from a central location. This creates an efficient and redundant method for network monitoring.

Big Brother can monitor the following: DNS services, NNTP services, FTP services, SMTP services, POP3 services, connectivity (using ping), disk space usage, uptime, CPU usage, essential processes, and messages and warnings.

The status display is Web-based, and you can configure the warning and panic levels. Notification can be done by pager or e-mail.

Other features of Big Brother include: support for machine grouping, support for modem monitoring, selectable paging delays, and support for heterogeneous networks.

Verdict

Should you download Big Brother (by The MacLawran Group)?

Big Brother (by The MacLawran Group) runs on Windows NT/2000/Windows 10/11 and is available under the Freeware license — the installer is 406 KB. We’ve catalogued it under General.

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Big Brother (by The MacLawran Group) specifications

Category: General
Publisher: The Maclawran Group, Inc.
Last updated: Feb 4, 2025
License: Freeware
Operating system: Windows NT/2000/Windows 10/11
File size: 406 KB
Price: Free
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A closer look at Big Brother (by The MacLawran Group)

Should you download Big Brother (by The MacLawran Group)?

Big Brother (by The MacLawran Group) specifications

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