====== Welcome to the NAV wiki! =====

This Wiki contains information about the open source NMS Network Administration Visualized. For the latest official documentation, please see https://nav.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ . Some of the older documentation may still be in the process of being moved from the Wiki to the official documentation.
===== The NAV tools =====

NAV includes 20 tools, all reachable from the [[navconfiguration#using_nav|NAV toolbox]]:

[[StatusTool|{{tools:status.png|the Status Tool}}]]
[[NetworkExplorer|{{tools:network-explorer.png|the Network Explorer}}]] 
[[netmap|{{tools:vlanplot.png|Netmap}}]]
[[geomap|{{tools:geomap.png|Geomap}}]]
[[ReportTool|{{tools:report.png|the Report Tool}}]]
[[IPDeviceInfo|{{:tools:ipdevinfo.png|the IP Device Info tool}}]]
[[SortedStats|{{tools:stats.png|Statistics}}]]
[[MachineTracker|{{tools:machinetracker.png|the Machine Tracker}}]]
[[macwatch|{{tools:macwatch.png|Mac Watch}}]]
[[Layer2Trace|{{tools:l2trace.png|Layer 2 Traceroute }}]]
[[SyslogAnalyzer|{{tools:syslog-analyzer.png|the Syslog Analyzer}}]]
[[arnold|{{tools:arnold.png|Arnold - the port blocker}}]]
[[SeedEssentials|{{tools:editdb.png|Seed the database}}]]
[[MessagesTool|{{tools:messages.png|Messages}}]]
[[AlertProfiles|{{tools:alertprofiles.png|Alert Profiles}}]]
[[MaintenanceTasks|{{tools:maintenance.png|Maintenance}}]]
[[ThresholdManager|{{:threshold.png|Threshold Manager}}]]
[[UserAdminPanel|{{tools:useradmin.png|User Administration}}]]
[[Radius|{{:tools:radius.png|the Radius accounting tool}}]]
[[DeviceManagement|{{tools:devman.png|Device History}}]]

===== Overview of NAV =====

{{ :screenshot:geomap_trd.png?400|NAV's Geomap tool}}


  * [[NAVFeatures|Features at a glance]] 
  * [[NAVScreenShots|Screenshots]] 
  * [[NAVFAQ|FAQ]] 
  * [[NAVUsers|Who's using NAV?]]

===== Download and Use NAV =====
  * [[navdownload|Download]]
  * [[Gettingstarted|Getting Started]]
  * [[NAVConfiguration|Use NAV]] 
  * [[https://nav.readthedocs.io/en/latest/|Documentation]]
  * [[NAVTechDoc|Technical documentation]] 




===== Roadmap and Development =====

  * Future [[plans]] and historic release information.
  * [[devel:Devel]] is the starting point for all things related to NAV development.
  * Read our [[http://blog.nav.uninett.no/|NAV Blog]] to find out what we're up to.



===== Getting help =====

{{ :screenshot:netmap.png?400|NAV's netmap tool}}

  * Subscribe to our [[MailingLists|mailinglists]]... 
  * ...or ask a question in our [[https://github.com/Uninett/nav/discussions/categories/q-a|GitHub discussion forums]]
  * ...or post a [[https://github.com/Uninett/nav/issues/new/choose|bug]] to our tracker at [[https://github.comf/Uninett/nav/issues/|GitHub]].


===== NAV history =====

  * The [[HistoryOfNAV|history and evolution ]] of NAV 
  * Reports from [[NAVProjects|NAV development projects]] (the early days, 2001-2004) 



====== About this Wiki ======

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====== Show us your appreciation ======

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