PRTG Network Monitor - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

PRTG Network Monitor is a network monitoring

Network monitoring

The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing components and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages...

software from Paessler AG

Paessler AG

Paessler AG develops and sells network management and network monitoring software. The company was founded by CEO Dirk Paessler in 1995 and offers freeware and commercial software for system administrators.-References:...

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PRTG runs on Windows and monitors network availability and network usage using SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

Simple Network Management Protocol is an "Internet-standard protocol for managing devices on IP networks. Devices that typically support SNMP include routers, switches, servers, workstations, printers, modem racks, and more." It is used mostly in network management systems to monitor...

, Packet Sniffing

Packet sniffer

A packet analyzer is a computer program or a piece of computer hardware that can intercept and log traffic passing over a digital network or part of a network...

, WMI

WMI

WMI may refer to:* Windows Management Instrumentation, in Microsoft Windows operating systems, a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model* Waste Management, Inc, a provider of waste management services...

, IP SLAs and Netflow

Netflow

NetFlow is a network protocol developed by Cisco Systems for collecting IP traffic information. NetFlow has become an industry standard for traffic monitoring and is supported by platforms other than Cisco IOS and NXOS such as Juniper routers, Enterasys Switches, vNetworking in version 5 of...

and various other protocols. More than 150,000 users use the freeware

Freeware

Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee, but usually with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software, which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the...

and commercial editions.
Since the release of PRTG 9, the software supports the monitoring of IPv6

IPv6

Internet Protocol version 6 is a version of the Internet Protocol . It is designed to succeed the Internet Protocol version 4...

devices.

Version History

v.7.0 (June 30, 2008)
v.7.1 (March 30, 2009)
v.7.2 (September 28, 2009)
v.7.3 (February 15, 2010)
v.8.1 (September 21, 2010)
v.9.1 (September 19, 2011)

Version History

See also