PRTG Network Monitoring Tool.pptx

PRTG Network Monitoring Tool.pptx

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  PAESSLER ROUTER TRAFFIC GRAPHER(PRTG) • PRTG NETWORK MONITOR BY PAESSLER IS NETWORK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT MONITORS BANDWIDTH, USAGE, AND AVAILABILITY. THIS TECHNOLOGY, WHICH RUNS ON A WINDOWS MACHINE ON THE NETWORK, CAN DISCOVER DEVICES AND COLLECT VARIOUS STATISTICS AUTOMATICALLY.
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  WHAT ARE THEBENEFITS OF USING PRTG? • IN ADDITION TO DISPLAYING SENSORS BY TAG, PRTG ALLOWS YOU TO DISPLAY ALL SENSORS OF A SPECIFIC TYPE. BECAUSE THERE ARE OVER 250 DIFFERENT SENSOR TYPES, THIS IS A CONVENIENT WAY TO VIEW THEM ALL IN ONE PLACE.
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  SNMP MONITORING • WERECOMMEND THAT YOU USE AN SNMP TRAFFIC SENSOR ON A SINGLE HOST OR SERVER TO MEASURE THE BANDWIDTH USED BY THIS SPECIFIC DEVICE. SNMP TRAFFIC SENSORS ON A SWITCH OR ROUTER DISPLAY THE BANDWIDTH USAGE ON A SPECIFIC PORT. YOU MUST CONFIGURE ONE SENSOR PER PORT.
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  WHAT IS APRTG MAP? • WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF NETWORK MONITORING ? • PROTOCOLS THAT ARE COMMONLY USED TO MONITOR NETWORK AVAILABILITY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: INTERNET CONTROL MESSAGE PROTOCOL (ICMP). AN ICMP PING IS A SIMPLE NETWORK ACCESSIBILITY TEST. SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL (SNMP). MAPS IN PRTG ARE COMMONLYREFERRED TO AS DASHBOARDS. CREATE CUSTOM DASHBOARDS AS HTML WEB PAGES THAT DISPLAY YOUR MONITORING DATA IN THE MANNER YOU PREFER. VISUAL ELEMENTS SUCH AS SENSOR STATUS ICONS, DATA TABLES, GRAPHS, GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS, SUNBURSTS, CUSTOM IMAGES, AND OTHERS CAN BE USED.