How Internet Service Providers use Admiral Endpoints to Monitor Linux Servers and Ubiquiti Wave LR 

When networks fail, it’s rarely an instant collapse — it starts with slow-growing issues like a disk creeping toward full capacity, CPU usage spiking under load, or a backhaul radio suffering from rising latency. To help administrators see these issues before they impact customers, Admiral Platform introduced Endpoints, a monitoring module built to unify server and radio health into one dashboard.

As part of a pilot program, several ISPs tested Endpoints in their production environments. Here’s what they found.

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Pilot Challenge: Beyond MikroTik

One operator explained the gap clearly:

“Admiral has been amazing for managing our MikroTik routers, but we needed visibility into our Linux servers and backhaul radios too. Before Endpoints, we were juggling three different tools.”

Linux servers ran billing systems, DHCP, and key services, while Ubiquiti Wave LR radios provided long-haul connectivity between towns. Both were critical, but monitoring was fragmented. The pilot program aimed to close that gap.

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Use Case 1: Monitoring Linux Servers

Endpoints were used to onboard multiple Ubuntu and Proxmox servers. Within minutes, the operations team could:

• Track CPU usage patterns during peak subscriber hours.
• Monitor disk usage trends to catch storage growth weeks in advance.
• Watch memory utilization to identify runaway processes.
• Get alerts when failures occur.

Operations Team Workflow in Practice:

1. In the Admiral Dashboard Endpoints module, select the nearest MikroTik to the server.
2. Enter the SNMP community.
3. Add servers via SSH credentials.
4. Real-time graphs start appearing automatically, no manual config needed.
5. Alerts trigger automatically. For example, the system alerts when disk usage passes 85%.

Impact of Monitoring

Historical data showed that a billing server consistently spiked at month-end, letting the team plan resource scaling.

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Use Case 2: Monitoring Ubiquiti Wave LR Radios

The pilot also tested Endpoints’ SNMP-based monitoring of Ubiquiti Wave LR long-range radios. These links were vital for backhauling traffic between tower sites.

Endpoints enabled the operator to:

• Track bandwidth utilization graphs over time.
• Measure latency trends to detect congestion.
• Monitor signal quality and link health.
• Receive real-time alerts for degraded performance.
• Additional alerts when the 60Ghz fails and the 5Ghz takes over.

Workflow in Practice:

1. Add radios with SNMP credentials.
2. Review Endpoints graphing throughput and latency.
3. Alerts notify of failovers and usage thresholds.

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The Impact of Historical Data

Before Endpoints, the operator relied on reactive troubleshooting — waiting until customers called in. With historical data in Endpoints, the team could:

• Spot recurring CPU spikes.
• Correlate bandwidth growth with new subscriber sign-ups and higher usage.
• Plan capacity upgrades with data-backed confidence.
• Prove link stability and capacity during reviews using visual reports.

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Alerts that Prevent Downtime

During the pilot, Endpoints issued multiple alerts that helped prevent service interruptions:

• A disk alert caught a storage node at 92% full before it locked up and crashed.
• Failover alerts on a Wave LR helped reroute traffic during interference.
• CPU alerts revealed a server that had a hung application that needed addressing.

Each alert was tied back to actionable steps, reducing downtime and improving customer experience.

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Results of the Pilot

• Fewer outages: Proactive alerts stopped issues from escalating.
• Simpler workflows: MikroTik, Linux + Wave LR radios managed in one dashboard.
• Smarter planning: Historical data shaped upgrade decisions.
• Happier operators: Less tool-juggling, faster responses.

The Operator summed it up:

“With Endpoints, we feel like we finally have a more informed picture of our network — not just the routers, but the servers and radios too.”

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What’s Next

The pilot proved that Endpoints can unify monitoring across Linux servers and Ubiquiti Wave LR radios. As the feature expands, support for additional SNMP devices — including switches, IoT devices, and environmental sensors — will make Endpoints even more powerful.

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Ready to Try Endpoints?

Admiral Endpoints is now available for all Admiral Platform users. Whether you’re managing Linux servers, Wave LR backhauls, or a growing fleet of network devices, Endpoints makes it simple to prevent downtime and optimize performance.

👉 Start monitoring smarter today with Admiral Platform’s Endpoints.