SNMP Trap Receiver
Network Troubleshooting with PRTG
What Is An SNMP Trap Receiver?
An SNMP Trap Receiver listens to the SNMP Traps that are being sent by a managed device in a network to the network management station. The monitored devices send the SNMP Trap without being asked in order to notify the managing system of an event.
How Does PRTG Monitor SNMP Traps?
One of PRTG's many supported sensor types is the SNMP Trap Receiver: the network devices send SNMP Traps without being asked when an event occurs. PRTG collects these messages and analyzes their content. Depending on the content of the SNMP Trap, PRTG can then trigger an alert. This can be a sound that is being played, an email or SMS being sent, an external programme being executed etc. (Similar to PRTG's free syslog server).
This way, PRTG helps network administrators to keep on top of their network and to separate important from less important notifications: you do not have to go through all of them manually, and you can rest assured that you will not miss any important notification. The SNMP Trap Receiver can only be used in probe devices. It opens a UDP port on a probe and waits for SNMP Traps, and then processes the information.
Downloading and installing the SNMP Trap Monitor
Downloading and installing your SNMP Trap monitor only takes a few minutes. PRTG runs on all Windows versions. An install wizard will take you through the installation process, and with auto discovery, your sensors can start monitoring your network in a matter of minutes.
However, PRTG is far more than just an SNMP Trap Receiver. With more than 130 supported sensor types, Paessler's powerful network and server monitoring software ensures the availability of network components, it can monitor network traffic, packet loss and packet delay, and is a great tool for network utilization monitoring. PRTG is also a packet sniffer, NetFlow analyzer and a syslog server for Windows.
Our network monitoring software is available in two editions. For basic network monitoring, the Freeware Edition may be downloaded and used for personal and commercial use completely free of charge (this includes, of course, the SNMP Trap receiver). For more advanced needs, licenses for the Commercial Editions start at $400 / €300.