Net Bandwidth Monitoring Using PRTG
Keep Track of Your Bandwidth Usage and Improve Network Performance
PRTG Network Monitor is a comprehensive network monitoring tool, which enables you to check bandwidth usage and monitor network traffic in real time, and keep track of your network devices. Graphs and tables show you your net bandwidth consumption.
What is the Benefit of Monitoring Net Bandwidth Consumption?
Understanding net bandwidth consumption is key to better network management:
- Monitor net bandwidth and avoid network and server performance bottlenecks
- Find out what applications or what servers in your net are using up most bandwidth
- Deliver better quality of service to your users by being proactive
- Reduce costs by buying bandwidth and hardware according to actual load
How Does PRTG Track Net Bandwidth Usage?
Bandwidth monitoring is possible using WMI, SNMP, packet sniffing and NetFlow. If you are looking for a basic bandwidth calculator showing net bandwidth consumption, SNMP or WMI monitoring is the right solution for you. These methods show you the total traffic going through a router or switch, as well as incoming and outgoing traffic.
Packet sniffing and NetFlow monitoring can be used for more advanced bandwidth tracking: apart from showing you your net bandwidth usage, these technologies let you determine the bandwidth being used by each port of your switch, or by different IP addresses. They also let you filter traffic and thus customize your bandwidth tracking options.
PRTG Network Monitor
But PRTG is more than a bandwidth tool. It also monitors availability and performance of your network devices, tests packet loss, and acts as an SNMP trap receiver and a syslog server for Windows, collecting and analyzing log information from network devices in one central location.
The LAN and Wan Network Monitor software is available in two editions. The Freeware Edition may be downloaded and used for personal and commercial use completely free of charge. The Commercial Editions are required if you want to monitor more than 10 sensors. Licenses for the Commercial Editions start at $400 / €300.
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