LAN bandwidth monitoring with PRTG
Get detailed insights into bandwidth utilization in your local area network
- Track and optimize LAN bandwidth usage for maximum efficiency
- Detect network bottlenecks and maintain peak application performance
- Get alerts on unusual traffic patterns for enhanced security oversight
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PRTG LAN bandwidth monitoring: What you’ll find on this page
PRTG makes LAN bandwidth monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent bandwidth hogs or bandwidth bottlenecks.
LAN bandwidth monitoring by PRTG: Your network diagnostics software
To keep your LAN infrastructure performing at its best, you need a comprehensive network monitoring software. Paessler PRTG acts as your all-in-one network diagnostics tool, providing insights to maintain peak performance, reduce downtime, and optimize user experience. From monitoring bandwidth usage to analyzing traffic patterns, PRTG delivers a complete health check of your network.
Network insights
PRTG provides deep insights into your network’s bandwidth usage, traffic patterns, throughput, and QoS metrics. Customizable dashboards give you an at-a-glance overview of critical parameters, helping you detect issues early.
With threshold-based alerts, you’ll be notified the moment network performance drops, allowing for immediate action.
Bottleneck detection
Our network bandwidth monitoring solution helps identify network bottlenecks by analyzing key performance metrics such as bandwidth utilization and response times.
When these thresholds aren’t met, PRTG’s notification system makes sure you can address the issues swiftly, keeping your network running at optimal efficiency.
Versatile diagnostics
PRTG supports a wide array of technologies and protocols for analyzing bandwidth consumption and traffic patterns, including SNMP, packet sniffing, NetFlow, sFlow, jFlow, and IPFIX, making it adaptable to any network setup.
With customizable alerts, you can tailor PRTG to focus on the most critical performance metrics for your infrastructure.
Data visualization
PRTG’s dashboards transform complex data into easily understandable visualizations, allowing you to quickly assess bandwidth usage, traffic, and performance.
These customizable dashboards let you prioritize the metrics that matter most to your operations, providing a clear view of your network’s health.
What LAN bandwidth monitoring looks like in PRTG
Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking network traffic data. Show traffic flow, bandwidth usage, quality of service (QoS) stats, and other key metrics in real time. Visualize monitoring data in clear graphs and dashboards to identify problems more easily. Gain the overview you need to troubleshoot critical applications as well as performance issues with your network devices.
Device tree view of the complete monitoring setup
Custom PRTG dashboard for keeping an eye on the entire IT infrastructure
Live traffic data graph in PRTG
Start monitoring bandwidth in your local area network with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.
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Holistic network surveillance
PRTG is more than just a LAN bandwidth monitor – it provides comprehensive oversight for your entire IT infrastructure. From a unified platform, you can monitor everything from routers and switches to firewalls and network interfaces.
This integrated approach simplifies your monitoring, reduces tool redundancy, and gives you full visibility across your network.
Real-time insights and alerts
In today’s fast-paced environment, timely information is critical. PRTG delivers real-time statistics and near-instant alerts, keeping you informed about your network’s status 24/7.
Whether it’s an unexpected traffic spike, a resource-heavy application, or a sudden outage, PRTG’s alerts ensure that issues are addressed before they impact performance.
Proactive network analysis
PRTG doesn’t just monitor current conditions – it helps you stay ahead of potential issues. By setting custom thresholds for key metrics, PRTG alerts you before minor fluctuations become major disruptions.
This proactive approach helps optimize network uptime and performance, giving you the foresight needed to maintain smooth operations.
User-friendly web interface
Despite its sophisticated capabilities, PRTG is designed for ease of use. The intuitive interface makes setup simple, and agentless monitoring means quick deployment.
With comprehensive visualization tools, you can easily manage your network’s health – even without extensive monitoring expertise.
Find the root cause of the problem with our PRTG LAN bandwidth monitoring solution
Real-time notifications mean faster troubleshooting so that you can act before more serious issues occur.
PRTG is compatible with all major vendors, products, and systems
Explore our preconfigured PRTG sensors for network utilization monitoring
PRTG comes with more than 250 native sensor types for monitoring your entire on-premises, cloud, and hybrid cloud environment out of the box. Check out some examples below!
SNMP Traffic v2
The SNMP Traffic v2 sensor monitors bandwidth and traffic on a device. It can show the following:
- Number of incoming and outgoing broadcast, multicast, unicast, and non-unicast packets
- Number of incoming and outgoing discards and errors
- Total, incoming, and outgoing traffic
- Number of incoming, unknown protocols
NetFlow v5
The NetFlow v5 sensor receives traffic data from a NetFlow v5-compatible device and shows the traffic by type. This sensor has several filter options to divide traffic into different channels. It can show the following and more:
- Traffic from Citrix applications
- Traffic from file transfer (FTP/P2P) and various other protocols (UDP, TCP)
- Traffic from network services (DHCP, DNS, Ident, ICMP, SNMP)
- Internet mail traffic (IMAP, POP3, SMTP)
- Traffic from remote control applications (RDP, SSH, Telnet, Virtual Network Computing (VNC))
NetFlow v9
The NetFlow v9 sensor receives traffic data from a NetFlow v9-compatible device and shows the traffic by type. This sensor has several filter options to divide traffic into different channels. It can show the following and more:
- Traffic from Citrix applications
- Traffic from file transfer (FTP/P2P) and various other protocols (UDP, TCP)
- Traffic from network services (DHCP, DNS, Ident, ICMP, SNMP)
- Internet mail traffic (IMAP, POP3, SMTP)
- Traffic from remote control applications (RDP, SSH, Telnet, Virtual Network Computing (VNC))
sFlow
The sFlow sensor receives traffic data from an sFlow v5-compatible device and shows the traffic by type. This sensor has several filter options to divide traffic into different channels. It can show the following and more:
- Traffic from Citrix applications
- Traffic from file transfer (FTP/P2P) and various other protocols (UDP, TCP)
- Traffic from network services (DHCP, DNS, Ident, ICMP, SNMP)
- Internet mail traffic (IMAP, POP3, SMTP)
- Traffic from remote control applications (RDP, SSH, Telnet, Virtual Network Computing (VNC))
jFlow v5
The jFlow v5 sensor receives traffic data from a jFlow v5-compatible device and shows the traffic by type. It can show the following and more:
- Traffic from Citrix applications
- Traffic from file transfer (FTP/P2P) and various other protocols (UDP, TCP)
- Traffic from network services (DHCP, DNS, Ident, ICMP, SNMP)
- Internet mail traffic (IMAP, POP3, SMTP)
- Traffic from remote control applications (RDP, SSH, Telnet, Virtual Network Computing (VNC))
Packet Sniffer
The Packet Sniffer sensor monitors the headers of data packets that pass a local network card using a built-in packet sniffer. You can choose from predefined channels. It can show the following and more:
- Traffic from Citrix applications
- Traffic from file transfer (FTP/P2P) and various other protocols (UDP, TCP)
- Traffic from network services (DHCP, DNS, Ident, ICMP, SNMP)
- Internet mail traffic (IMAP, POP3, SMTP)
- Traffic from remote control applications (RDP, SSH, Telnet, Virtual Network Computing (VNC))
PRTG makes LAN bandwidth monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent bandwidth hogs or bandwidth bottlenecks.
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PRTG makes LAN bandwidth monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent bandwidth hogs or bandwidth bottlenecks.
Monitoring LAN bandwidth: FAQ
Can PRTG monitor bandwidth usage for individual devices?
Absolutely! PRTG can provide detailed bandwidth usage data for specific devices, including routers, switches, or firewalls. Using SNMP or flow protocols, you get a granular view of where the most bandwidth is being consumed and which devices or applications are the most resource-intensive.
Does PRTG support various data formats for network traffic monitoring?
Indeed it does! PRTG is one of the bandwidth monitoring tools that is compatible with multiple data formats, including NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, and jFlow. This versatility ensures you can monitor network traffic from a wide array of devices, regardless of manufacturer.
How does PRTG assist in identifying network bottlenecks and bandwidth issues?
PRTG acts as your network’s investigator. Its real-time monitoring, comprehensive reports, and threshold-based alerts make it easy to identify bottlenecks and bandwidth issues. You can quickly determine which applications or devices are consuming excessive bandwidth and take steps to optimize your network traffic distribution.
Is PRTG capable of handling large-scale networks with complex traffic patterns?
Absolutely! PRTG is designed to scale with your network, whether you’re managing a small business setup or a vast enterprise infrastructure. It supports distributed monitoring and multiple protocols, making it a powerful solution for networks of all sizes and complexities.
What is a sensor in PRTG?
In PRTG, “sensors” are the basic monitoring elements. One sensor usually monitors one measured value in your network, for example the traffic of a switch port, the CPU load of a server, or the free space on a disk drive.
On average, you need about 5-10 sensors per device or one sensor per switch port.
PRTG: The multi-tool for sysadmins
Adapt PRTG individually and dynamically to your needs and rely on a strong API:- HTTP API: Access monitoring data and manipulate monitoring objects via HTTP requests
- Custom sensors: Create your own PRTG sensors for customized monitoring
- Custom notifications: Create your own notifications and send action triggers to external systems
- REST Custom sensor: Monitor almost everything that provides data in XML or JSON format
Paessler conducted trials in over 600 IT departments worldwide to tune its network monitoring software closer to the needs of sysadmins. We asked: would you recommend PRTG?
Over 95% of our customers say yes!
The result of the survey: over 95% of the participants would recommend PRTG – or already have.
Paessler PRTG is used by companies of all sizes. Sysadmins love PRTG because it makes their job a whole lot easier. Bandwidth, servers, virtual environments, websites, VoIP services – PRTG keeps an eye on your entire network. Everyone has different monitoring needs. That’s why we let you try PRTG for free.Still not convinced?
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PRTG |
Network Monitoring Software - Version 24.4.102.1351 (November 12th, 2024) |
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Hosting |
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Pricing |
Up to 100 sensors for free (Price List) |
Unified Monitoring |
Network devices, bandwidth, servers, applications, virtual environments, remote systems, IoT, and more |
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