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LAN Monitoring with PRTG

All-in-one local area network monitoring tool that also monitors your WAN

  • Comprehensively monitor your entire LAN as well as your cloud-based and wireless network
  • Keep an eye on hardware, applications, network traffic, Wi-Fi connectivity, and more
  • Set customizable alerts and create easy-to-read dashboards and network topology maps
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PRTG LAN Monitoring: What you will find on this page

Table of content
  • Why PRTG is the LAN monitoring software of your choice
  • What LAN monitoring looks like in PRTG
  • 3 use cases for PRTG LAN monitor
  • Keep an eye on these 5 pillars of LAN network management with PRTG
  • LAN monitoring: FAQ

PRTG makes LAN monitoring as easy as it gets

Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent issues with your LAN.

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Why PRTG is the LAN monitoring software of your choice

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Reduce effort and improve efficiency

Paessler PRTG frees you to focus on other tasks by immediately notifying you of potential issues. With our all-in-one LAN monitor, you get one central monitoring tool for your entire network, including your workstations, routers, switches, servers, and printers.
 

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Spend less time configuring

PRTG is really easy to set up and configure. With its automatic network discovery and more than 250 preconfigured PRTG sensors, you can start monitoring in minutes. This makes switching from a different network monitoring tool to PRTG as comfortable as possible.

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Monitor your network, your way

With PRTG, you have many technologies for monitoring your local area network at your disposal. You can use SNMP, for example, which is easy to set up and only requires a minimum of resources. To monitor network traffic,  you can use packet sniffing to analyze individual data packets, NetFlow for monitoring the data flow on Cisco devices, or technologies like IPFIX, sFlow, or jFlow.

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Distributed networks are no problem

You can use remote probes to monitor separate LANs with only one PRTG license; even WANs which can span several countries (or continents). PRTG can also provide you with a comprehensive overview of your virtual private network (VPN).

What LAN monitoring looks like in PRTG

Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking the availability, health, and performance of your LAN network infrastructure. Show hardware health, response times, packet loss, downtime, traffic analysis by IP address, and other key metrics in real time. Visualize your monitoring data in clear graphs and dashboards to identify problems more easily. Gain the overview you need to troubleshoot all kinds of network connection and performance issues.

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Device tree view of the complete monitoring setup

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Custom PRTG dashboard for keeping an eye on the entire IT infrastructure

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Live traffic data graph in PRTG

Start monitoring and troubleshooting your LAN with PRTG and see how it can make your IT infrastructure more reliable and your job easier.

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IT experts agree: Paessler PRTG is a great solution for IT infrastructure monitoring

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“The real beauty of PRTG is the endless possibilities it offers”

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“PRTG Network Monitor 
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3 use cases for PRTG LAN monitor

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Better availability

Your LAN must be completely operational at all times and therefore, your network devices and other endpoints need to be reachable. A router switches off at night without your knowledge? Not with PRTG! Our LAN monitoring solution monitors the uptime of your network round the clock – for example, with the sensor SNMP System Uptime.

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Better security

Firewalls are attacked countless times each and every day. As an administrator, you must be notified immediately if your firewall is down. A Ping v2 sensor displays the availability of your firewall in real time. If there is an issue with your firewall, PRTG alerts you directly based on customizable thresholds, for example, via SMS, e-mail, or push notification. PRTG monitors firewalls from different vendors such as Fortinet or SonicWall.

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Better performance

Your company or organization is experiencing continuous growth? An increase in the number of employees leads to a greater amount of network traffic and even more devices. This automatically results in bandwidth bottlenecks. With our network monitoring software, you can comprehensively monitor the health and performance of all your devices, for example, with the SNMP Hardware Status sensor.

Keep an eye on these 5 pillars of LAN network management with PRTG

Workstations

In many industries, employees need high-performance workstation computers, such as those used for video or 3D processing. Workstation functionality is thus paramount to productivity. From hard disk to CPU to memory: with PRTG, you're always in the know.

Routers

All network data passes the routers in your IT infrastructure – they are the hubs of your LAN. That’s why it’s important that you monitor your routers round the clock. The sooner you see that one of your routers is overloading, the quicker you'll be able to take countermeasures.

Switches

As distribution nodes, your switches can be under heavy strain. All it takes is one single switch to overload for your entire LAN network to become more slowly or even fail completely. This is why you should never lose sight of your switches with PRTG.

Servers

PRTG monitors all types of servers and the corresponding server hardware. It supports all major manufacturers like Cisco, HPE, Oracle, or Dell. Whether database, mail, or web servers: PRTG provides you with a unified overview of your server monitoring data so that you can be sure that your servers run smoothly at all times

Bandwidth

How much LAN bandwidth do you have? Which devices and applications consume most of the available bandwidth? With PRTG, you'll have your finger on the pulse of your bandwidth usage – which also means that you can ensure the hassle-free operation of your company’s infrastructure.

Explore our preconfigured PRTG sensors for LAN 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!

Ping v2

The Ping v2 sensor sends an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request ("ping") from the probe system to the parent device to monitor its availability. It can show the following:

• Response time

• Packet loss

• Target status

• Minimum and maximum ping time

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Ping v2

SNMP Uptime v2

The SNMP Uptime v2 sensor monitors the uptime of a device. It can show the following:

  • Downtime
  • System uptime
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SNMP Uptime v2

SNMP Hardware Status

The SNMP Hardware Status sensor monitors the status of a server's hardware component. It can show the following:

  • Number of errors
  • Hardware component status
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SNMP Hardware Status

SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Connections

The SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Connections sensor monitors the VPN connections on a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance. It can show the following:

  • Number of active email IPsec, L2L, SVC, and LB sessions
  • Total number of active sessions
  • Number of active (WebVPN) users
  • Number of groups with active users
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SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Connections

See the PRTG Manual for a list of all available sensor types.

PRTG is compatible with all major vendors, products, and systems

compatible with all major vendors, products, and systems

PRTG makes LAN monitoring as easy as it gets

Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent issues with your LAN.

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”Adopting PRTG has been like going from being in the dark to being in the light. Before, we had limited visibility into what was happening in the infrastructure and in the network. Now, however, thanks to the comprehensive dashboard and real-time notifications, we receive constant updates on the status of facilities and services, and our way of working has gone from passive to proactive.”

Luca Meneghesso, Senior IT infrastructure and Security Specialist
Banca Profilo

”GESAC increasingly focuses on innovation to improve the quality of services offered and the experience of passengers handled every day by Naples Airport. Thanks to PRTG, we finally have unified, automatic, and continuous monitoring of the airport network and can guarantee quick and timely interventions.”

Domenico Ciervo, GESAC ICT Manager
Naples International Airport

”As an international company, PRTG is ideal for us. If something went down half way across the world, we wouldn’t be woken up – we can rely on PRTG to identify the problem and alert us before it occurs – enabling the right person, in the right time zone to resolve the problem. At the end of the day, if we’re to provide an internal network experience for our employees that meets expectations, we need a tool like PRTG to be successful.”

Barry Kelly, Systems Engineer
Skyscanner

“I would recommend PRTG because it has helped us significantly improve service uptime by highlighting important alerts that would otherwise result in a system failure or service disruption if action was not taken. Thanks to PRTG, we can ensure that The Ritz London’s network and IT systems are five-star, just like the hotel.”

Richard Isted, IT Manager
The Ritz London

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LAN monitoring: FAQ

 

What is a LAN?

A local area network, or LAN, is a network that connects different network devices in a single physical location. A wide area network, or WAN, by contrast, spans distributed geographical locations.

Is LAN monitoring really necessary?

In professional business settings, network outages can have severe consequences. Employees and customers are unable to access, for example, the company LAN or online shop, which results in an unnecessary waste of resources. That’s why administrators must be able to immediately determine the cause of an interruption and what is needed to get the network back up.

Why should you invest in LAN monitoring?

There are several reasons why you should monitor your LAN, for example:

  • To ensure the availability of all physical and virtual devices on your network
  • To have a detailed overview of your network and an inventory of every device connected to it
  • To detect connectivity problems that might impact business continuity before they even arise
  • To detect performance bottlenecks that can affect the productivity of your employees
  • To better allocate network resources
What to look for when choosing a LAN monitoring software?

There are 5 main features you need to look out for when choosing a LAN monitoring tool, and PRTG covers all of them.

  • The capability to monitor many different devices, systems, and parameters at once
  • A centralized display of information for better observability
  • Customizable alerts and automated notifications when alerts are triggered
  • Native reporting features that can be adapted as required and set to run automatically
  • A free trial period so you can attest how the tool works with your infrastructure
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.

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Paessler conducted trials in over 600 IT departments worldwide to tune its network monitoring software closer to the needs of sysadmins. The result of the survey: over 95% of the participants would recommend PRTG – or already have.

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Start LAN monitoring with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.

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    Paessler PRTGMonitor your whole IT infrastructure
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Monitoring with PRTG

  • Network monitoring
  • Bandwidth monitoring
  • SNMP monitoring
  • Network mapping
  • Wi-Fi monitoring
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  • NetFlow monitoring
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