Improve Your Network Monitoring with Our Free Syslog & SNMP Trap Receiver

Originally published on May 13, 2014 by Florian Staffort
Last updated on March 03, 2022 • 6 minute read

As you most likely know, we also offer a freeware version of PRTG Network Monitor which is limited to 100 sensors, but not in its functionality. This version is often used to monitor small home networks and for other private usage scenarios—but did you know you can even add real value to the monitoring of company networks for free?

An example of such an added value is using PRTG as a Syslog Server or SNMP Trap Receiver, which allows you to fully manage your syslog and SNMP trap workflow. This functionality is often not implemented in standard network monitoring software—and additional modules often cost a substantial amount of money. With PRTG you can collect, review and analyze syslogs and SNMP traps for free!

How Can You Benefit from a Syslog/SNMP Trap Server?

As a network administrator you probably know about the advantages, the syslog standard for computer message logging has to offer. It is used for communicating informational, analysis and debugging messages that are triggered by various reasons, such as system events, outages, critical conditions, etc.

As a central Syslog Server, PRTG collects the log information of your network's devices and informs you when certain events occur. You can define for which types of events you want to receive which kind of alert or warning. SNMP Traps are asynchronous notifications from SNMP-enabled devices and can, like syslog messages, be used to report important incidents and data.

You can benefit from this free Syslog and SNMP Trap Receiver as it will help you to analyze your network in detail and gain a new look at it. Being able to handle more than 10,000 messages per second on a quad core desktop machine, our sensors are designed for high performance usage in larger networks. This is faster than most of our fully priced competitor products!

5 Easy Steps to Configure PRTG's Free Syslog and SNMP Trap Receivers

If you're wondering what it takes to set up the free version of PRTG Network Monitor as Syslog and SNMP Trap Server, just take a look at our easy 5 step guide:

You're already familiar with our Syslog and SNMP Trap Receiver Sensors? Take a look at these additional steps to reach even more productivity: