Monitoring Networks With PRTG Traffic Grapher

PRTG Traffic Grapher Feature List

Choosing the right software - PRTG Traffic Grapher vs. IPCheck Server Monitor

Installation

System Requirements

Download

Upgrading to Version 6 From Previous Versions

Installation

Networking Basics You Should Be Aware Of

A Short Introduction To IP Addresses

SNMP Basics

How to Choose A Method of Data Acquisition

SNMP Monitoring

Packet Sniffing

NetFlow Monitoring

Latency Monitoring

How to Set Up Traffic Monitoring for Various Network Infrastructures

A0: Monitoring Network traffic for a single PC connected to the Internet via DSL, cable, or a modem

A2: Monitoring Total Network traffic with NetFlow

A3: Monitoring Total Network traffic using a switch with monitoring port

B1: Monitoring Network traffic of each PC (or connection) in a network using a switch/router with SNMP support

B2: Monitoring Network traffic for each PC (or connection) with NetFlow

B3: Monitoring Network traffic for each PC using a switch with monitoring port

C2: Monitoring network traffic by IP address or protocol with NetFlow

C3: Monitoring network traffic by IP address or protocol using a switch with monitoring port

D1: Monitoring Network traffic for a PC running PRTG using SNMP

D3: Monitoring Network traffic for a PC running PRTG using Packet Sniffing

E3: Monitoring Network traffic for a PC running PRTG using Packet Sniffing

F1: Monitoring total Network traffic of a shared Internet connection or leased line using a switch/router with SNMP support

G2: Monitoring network traffic by IP address or protocol of a shared Internet connection or leased line - Monitoring with NetFlow

G3: Monitoring network traffic by IP address or protocol of a shared Internet connection or leased line - Monitoring with Packet Sniffing

First Steps with PRTG Traffic Grapher

Basic Concepts: Understanding Views, Sensors, Graphs, Charts, Tables, and Tags

Using the Windows GUI

Available Views

Working With Charts

Using the View Menu

Adding Sensors

Adding SNMP Sensors

Adding Packet Sniffer Sensors

NetFlow Sensors

Adding Aggregation Sensors

Editing Sensors

Sensor Settings

Notifications & Limits Settings

Communication Settings

Toplists Settings

Working with Custom Graphs

Working with Panels

Adding Custom Graphs and Tables to a Panel

Working with Graphs and Tables

Using the Web Interface

Creating Reports

Editing Reports

Viewing Reports

Reading Reports

Setting Program Options

Billing Settings

Web Server Settings

System Settings

Advanced Usage

Paessler SNMP Helper

Appendix

Articles from the Paessler Knowledge Base

How to set up traffic monitoring with PRTG for various infrastructures

Configuration Tips for Cisco Routers and PRTG (NetFlow/SNMP)

Netflow 5 Filter Parameters supported by PRTG Traffic Grapher

Planning large installations of PRTG Traffic Grapher

How PRTG Traffic Grapher stores its data

Using live graphs from PRTG in other webpages using static image URLs

How to find out OIDs for PRTG's custom SNMP sensors

Upgrading from PRTG Version 3 to Version 5/6

Why PRTG may stop recording data as soon as the Windows GUI is closed

PRTG service is not started (Event ID 7000/Error 193 in system log)

Automated License Key Installation for PRTG Traffic Grapher

What do the values in the exported CSV log file say?

Howto: Installing SNMP Service on Windows NT/2000/XP

Howto: Installing SNMP on Linux

Howto: Troubleshooting the device setup when using SNMP

Support and License



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