Bandwidth and Network Usage Monitoring Made Easy
What is it?
PRTG Traffic Grapher is an easy to use Windows software that monitors
bandwidth usage and other network parameters via SNMP.
What does it do?
PRTG Traffic Grapher monitors network and bandwidth usage as well as
various other network parameters like memory and CPU usages, providing
system administrators with live readings and periodical usage trends to
optimize the efficiency, layout and setup of leased lines, routers,
firewalls, servers and other Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
enabled network components.
How can I use it?
The most common usage is monitoring the bandwidth usage of leased lines,
routers, and firewalls. However, you can also monitor many other aspects of
servers, managed switches, printers, and other network components as long as
they are SNMP enabled.
Using PRTG (Paessler Router Traffic Grapher) you can set up a usage
monitoring station for your routers and servers in minutes.
Traffic and Bandwidth Monitoring Using PRTG Traffic Grapher
PRTG Traffic Grapher is running on a Windows machine in your network for
24 hours every day and constantly records the network usage parameters. The
recorded data is stored in an internal database for later reference.
Viewing the monitoring statistics and configuration is done using the
Windows GUI. For remote access to the monitoring results
PRTG Traffic Grapher comes with a Web Interface and a
built in web server to provide access to graphs and tables
using a web browser.
The application
works with most network devices that support
SNMP. It was tested with various routers and switches from
companies like Cisco, HP, 3Com, Linksys, DLink, as well as with various
other SNMP enabled devices (e.g. computers running Windows or network
printers).
PRTG Traffic Grapher runs on Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003.
For easy monitoring of system parameters on machines running Windows
2000/XP/2003 the software “Paessler
SNMP Helper” is included for free.
PRTG Traffic Grapher is available in both a
Freeware Edition
(limited to monitoring one network device and suitable for home users and
SOHOs) and several
Commercial Editions offering monitoring for multiple network devices and
advanced features suitable for corporate use.
