Network jitter test tool PRTG
Keep the quality of your communications going strong
- Get a complete picture of your network’s performance
- Respond quickly to network issues and stay proactive
- Optimize your network and do away with high jitter and latency
Our users give top ratings for monitoring with Paessler PRTG
PRTG network jitter test tool: What you’ll find on this page
PRTG makes network jitter testing as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent network performance issues.
Get the extra support you need for steady communications with PRTG jitter testing
Higher jitter increases the likelihood of experiencing choppy audio, dropped calls, lagging video conferencing, and poor network performance in general. Yet, watching every bit and byte of network data is a full-time job. Paessler PRTG is your extra team support, ready to make it easier to measure, analyze, and address all kinds of jitter issues.
Help your organization talk the talk
Real-time communications are very sensitive to network performance issues. Even small variations in packet arrival times, known as jitter, can lead to a serious breakdown in the quality of these services.
PRTG helps your voice and video communications stay clear, in sync, and free of interruptions. PRTG has you covered from installation to endpoints.
Make “proactive” a monitoring mantra
Being proactive can often feel like hit and miss. How often have you tried proactive network management and put your efforts in the wrong place?
PRTG’s jitter testing is a key component of proactive management, but with comprehensive insights, historical data, and customizable reporting, you no longer have to guess. Use PRTG for all your proactive monitoring needs. No safety net needed.
Optimize your network performance
Understanding jitter patterns and their causes allows you to fine-tune your network configurations. For example, you can adjust quality of service (QoS) settings to put real-time traffic first, upgrade hardware, or increase bandwidth.
PRTG jitter testing prepares your network to handle the demands of real-time communications effectively.
Unfreeze business communications
Nobody wants to stare at a frozen video of their co-worker or struggle to catch all the words being said at a Zoom meeting because of choppy audio.
Use PRTG to regularly test for high jitter and address issues as fast as possible. This will not only enhance overall user experience, but also lead to higher productivity and satisfaction.
Maintain your service level agreements
Maintaining SLAs is essential when your organization provides network services or relies on third-party providers.
As service level agreements often include guarantees for network performance metrics such as jitter, network latency, and packet loss, PRTG helps you stay in compliance with your SLAs, avoid penalties, and maintain trust with clients and partners.
What network jitter testing looks like in PRTG
Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking your network’s performance. Show jitter, latency, bandwidth usage, response time, network traffic and VoIP traffic, 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 network congestions, bandwidth hogs, and other performance issues.
Device tree view of the complete monitoring setup
Preconfigured Ping Jitter sensor in PRTG
Custom PRTG dashboard for keeping an eye on the entire IT infrastructure
Start testing network jitter with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.
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4 more reasons to choose PRTG as your network jitter test tool
You like to see the whole picture
It wouldn't be nearly as interesting if you could only see part of Mona Lisa’s smile. Don’t be bored with your jitter testing; get the whole picture.
PRTG gives you an in-depth analysis of jitter, latency, and packet loss. So, you get the data you need to make a real difference to network performance.
You want to solve network issues
Who wants to spend their weekends troubleshooting jitter and latency issues? We recognize that weekends and nights are important for R&R, so we’ve worked hard to make PRTG a fast “resolution solution.”
Get all the data you need to identify when an issue occurs quickly, pinpoint where the issue is, and resolve it – down to the application and process level.
You like to relax outside of the office
PRTG comes with real-time alerts that sound the alarm when jitter exceeds the thresholds you set. Customize these alerts to go to key stakeholders at specific thresholds using a set delivery method.
Notifications can be delivered over email, SMS, push notifications, Slack, and more. With PRTG on the watch, you can finally leave the office without worrying about the network.
You like easy network monitoring
PRTG is easy to set up. In most instances, all it takes is a few clicks and minutes to start monitoring your network “out of the box.”
Over and over, our customers mention ease of use, ease of setup, and how easy it is to understand the central dashboard as part of the reason they keep PRTG in their tech stack. No PhD needed to implement.
Your network jitter tester at a glance – even on the go
Set up PRTG in minutes and use it on almost any mobile device.
Find the root cause of the problem with our PRTG network jitter test 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
Discover some of our preconfigured sensors for testing network jitter
A business that doesn’t grow stagnates, and a monitoring solution that doesn’t scale gets replaced. We believe in making PRTG your first and last network monitoring tool. PRTG comes with more than 250 (and growing!) preconfigured sensor types out of the box, including sensors for jitter monitoring.
Ping Jitter
The Ping Jitter sensor sends a series of Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo requests ("pings") to a URI to determine the statistical jitter. It can show the following:
- Execution time
- Statistical jitter value
QoS (Quality of Service) One Way
The QoS (Quality of Service) One Way sensor monitors parameters regarding the quality of a network connection between two probes. It can show the following:
- Average, minimum, and maximum jitter
- Average, minimum, and maximum packet delay variation
- Corrupted, duplicated, lost, and out-of-sequence packets
- Time to the last packet
QoS (Quality of Service) Round Trip
The QoS (Quality of Service) Round Trip sensor monitors parameters regarding the quality of a network connection between two probes. It can show the following:
- Average, minimum, and maximum jitter
- Average, minimum, and maximum packet delay variation
- Average, minimum, and maximum round trip time (RTT)
- Corrupted, duplicated, lost, and out-of-sequence packets
- The MOS
Cisco IP SLA
The Cisco IP SLA sensor monitors Voice over IP (VoIP) network parameters using IP service level agreements (SLA) from Cisco. It can show the following:
- Average jitter
- Average, minimum, and maximum latency and RTT (round-trip time)
- The ICPIF
- The MOS
- Number of lost, out-of-sequence, and late packets
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PRTG makes network jitter testing as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent network performance issues.
Testing jitter: FAQ
What is network jitter?
Network jitter is the deviation from the average amount of time a data packet needs to travel from its starting point to its destination. High jitter values can cause noticeable delays and transmission errors (such as background noise and faulty audio signals), in particular when it comes to real-time services such as VoIP. No network is completely free of jitter. The important thing is that you keep jitter to a minimum.
Why should I do a network jitter test?
Network jitter tests are a good way to check the quality of your connection. Among other things, these tests will help you determine whether your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is fulfilling the terms of your service level agreement (SLA), or if you need to increase your bandwidth.
What does a network jitter test look at?
PRTG’s network jitter test measures packet delay variation, the average jitter over time, packet loss rate, latency and round trip time (RTT), traffic patterns, and traffic congestion.
Can PRTG test jitter on all types of networks?
Yes. PRTG can test jitter on several network types, including your LAN, WAN, virtual and cloud-based networks, and more.
What is considered an acceptable level of jitter?
For VoIP and video conferencing, jitter should ideally be below 30 milliseconds. Higher levels can cause noticeable interruptions.
Does PRTG also provide jitter monitoring?
Yes! PRTG has specific sensors designed to measure, monitor, and analyze jitter. PRTG as a jitter monitoring tool helps identify and resolve issues that cause delays, poor audio, video, and VoIP call quality, slow download speeds, and other performance problems.
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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Network Monitoring Software - Version 24.3.100.1361 (September 25th, 2024) |
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Hosting |
Download for Windows and cloud-based version PRTG Hosted Monitor available |
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English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese |
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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