2009-Feb-27
Today we have uploaded Beta 2 of PRTG Network Monitor V7.1. Since V 7.0.9 more than 700 changes (new features, improvements, bugfixes) have been built into the code. Most of these changes are based on user feedback and on user requests so this new version of PRTG again covers more needs of network administrators than any previous version.
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2009-Feb-27
During the beta test of PRTG Network Monitor 7.1 I am posting a number of blog articles about new features in the new version.
Packet Sniffing and NetFlow sensors can not only measure the total bandwidth usage, they can also break down the traffic by IP address, port, protocol, and other parameters. The results are shown in so-called "toplists". This way PRTG is able to tell which IP address, connection or protocol uses the most bandwidth. PRTG looks at all network packets (or streams) and collects the bandwidth information for all IPs, ports and protocols. At the end of the toplist period PRTG stores only the top entries of each in its database.
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