PRTG Manual: WMI Network Card v2 Sensor

Credentials

This sensor requires credentials for Windows systems.

WSMan

This sensor requires that the parent probe uses WSMan for WMI connections.

Access rights

• The user account must be a member of the Remote Management Users group on the target system.
• The user account must have the following permissions for the WMI namespace CIMv2 and its sub-namespaces on the target system: Enable Account and Remote Enable.

Windows Compatibility Options

This sensor uses only WSMan Port and Connection Security from the Windows Compatibility Options.

Meta-scan

This sensor uses the meta-scan feature. After sensor creation, some settings might appear for reference purposes only.

Hosted probe

You cannot add this sensor to the hosted probe of a PRTG Hosted Monitor instance. If you want to use this sensor, add it to a remote probe device.

IPv6

This sensor supports IPv6.

Performance impact

This sensor has a low performance impact.

Knowledge Base

For more information on how to set up the necessary access rights, see the Knowledge Base: How can I use a non-administrator Windows account for WMI monitoring via the WSMan protocol?.

Name

Shows the name of the network adapter that this sensor monitors.

IP Addresses

Shows the IP addresses of the network adapter at the time of discovery.

MAC Address

Shows the MAC address of the network adapter at the time of discovery.

Primary Channel

Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, PRTG displays the last value of the primary channel below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor.

You can set a different primary channel later by clicking below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab.

Graph Type

Define how this sensor shows different channels:

• Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel.
• Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic.
  You cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).

Stack Unit

This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above.

Select a unit from the list. PRTG stacks all channels with this unit on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so.

Result Handling

Define what PRTG does with the sensor result:

• Discard result (default): Do not store the sensor result.
• Store result: Store the sensor result and the last response in the \Logs\sensors subfolder of the PRTG data directory on the probe system. The file name is Result of Sensor [ID].log. This setting is for debugging purposes. PRTG overwrites this file with each scanning interval.

In a cluster, PRTG stores the result in the PRTG data directory of the master node.

Discards In

The number of incoming discards

Discards Out

The number of outgoing discards

Downtime

In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status.

Errors In

The number of incoming errors

Errors Out

The number of outgoing errors

Non-Unicast In

The number of incoming non-unicast packets

Non-Unicast Out

The number of outgoing non-unicast packets

Packets Received

The number of packets received

Packets Sent

The number of packets sent

Total Packets

The total number of packets

Total Traffic

The total traffic

This channel is the primary channel by default.

Traffic In

The incoming traffic

Traffic Out

The outgoing traffic

Unicast In

The number of incoming unicast packets

Unicast Out

The number of outgoing unicast packets

Unknown Protocols In

The number of incoming packets with an unknown protocol