Network Management Freeware
Network Management and Troubleshooting Made Easy
PRTG Network Monitor is Paessler's comprehensive network management freeware and commercial solution. This network monitor software uses SNMP and packet sniffing to track bandwidth usage and network traffic, and monitors the availability, load and performance of network devices using SNMP, WMI and other protocols. A host of different sensors gives you a complete overview of your network, helps you to avoid downtime, and makes network troubleshooting much easier.
The network management freeware can be used as a free PING tool, which checks the availability of your servers, load time of your websites, or packet loss rate of your network.
The packet sniffer functionality lets you analyze which computer or application is accountable for most bandwidth usage. To this end, the network analyzer creates top lists based on protocol, IP address, port, or other parameters.
Thanks to a range of server specific sensors, such as FTP, SQL, or email server sensors, the PRTG network management software is also a powerful free server monitor. As you can also check memory and CPU load, free disk space, file usage, etc., PRTG can also be used to run a server performance test.
Please note that the network management freeware supports up to 10 sensors. The free network monitoring tools are therefore apt for use in home networks or very small company networks. For more advanced needs, Paessler offers commercial licenses of the protocol analyzer and network management solution at unbeatable prices - licenses start at $400 / €300.