My Local Probe is constantly "disconnected". What can I do?

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My local probe shows a "disconnected" status. It does not recover. What can I do?

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Created on Dec 14, 2011 12:07:15 PM by  Daniel Zobel [Paessler Support] (21,383) 3 3

Last change on Dec 14, 2011 12:08:36 PM by  Daniel Zobel [Paessler Support] (21,383) 3 3



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This article applies to PRTG Network Monitor 9 or later

Change Mac Scan Setting

By default, on services startup, PRTG tries to detect all available network adapters on the system running a probe (this includes, for example, the PRTG core server).

On few systems, this might lead to an exception so that the probe cannot fully connect to the core server. In this case, please try to disable the initial detection of available network cards.

Caution: Please backup your system before manipulating the Windows registry!

Step 1

  • On the system running the PRTG core server, open the registry editor.
  • For a 64-Bit Windows system, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Paessler\PRTG Network Monitor\Probe\
  • For a 32-Bit Windows system, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Paessler\PRTG Network Monitor\Probe\

Note: For PRTG 8 you might see the values in the additional sub-key V7 or V8.

Step 2

  • Add a new DWORD value with the name NoMacScan.
  • Set this to 1 to disable the initial search for network adapters.

Notes

Created on Dec 14, 2011 12:17:34 PM by  Daniel Zobel [Paessler Support] (21,383) 3 3

Last change on Dec 14, 2011 12:17:49 PM by  Daniel Zobel [Paessler Support] (21,383) 3 3



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