PRTG Network Monitor 12: A New Major Version Released

The PRTG Network Monitor 12 (Version 12.2.1.1768) is now available for download. This release is a new major version of PRTG Network Monitor. PRTG Network Monitor 12 was introduce a lot of new features that will bring network monitoring to a new level. Many of the new features are a response to requests from user community, and there are some more cool features which you will love.

Overview
PRTG Network Monitor is an advanced, easy-to-use monitoring solution for your entire network. The software's features include: up/downtime monitoring, traffic and usage monitoring, packet sniffing, in-depth analysis and concise reporting. A user-friendly web-based interface allows users to quickly auto-discover and configure the network devices and sensors they wish to monitor. All common methods for acquiring network usage data are supported: SNMP and WMI, Packet Sniffing and NetFlow. It also offers SMTP/IMAP Roundtrip-Email Monitoring and VMware Monitoring, Toplists for Packet Sniffing and Netflow Sensors, as well as sensor aggregation using its built-in Sensor Factory.

PRTG Network Monitor includes more than 115 sensor types for all common network services (e.g. PING, HTTP, SMTP, POP3, FTP, etc.), allowing users to monitor networks for availability, speed and failures. As soon as an outage occurs, alerts are sent via email, SMS, pager messages and other means. Request times and downtimes are recorded in an internal database, making it easy to compile performance, downtime and SLA reports. Monitoring, reporting and notifications can be automatically scheduled at specific times. Network maps can be created which provide users with a unique visual network management tool. PRTG Network Monitor's Freeware Edition is completely free for personal and commercial use. The Commercial Editions are required if you want to monitor more than ten sensors.

Key features:
Here are some of the key features of PRTG Network Monitor:
  • More than 115 sensor types covering all aspects of network monitoring.
  • Uptime/Downtime Monitoring.
  • Bandwidth Monitoring using SNMP, WMI, NetFlow, sFlow, jFlow, Packet Sniffing.
  • Application Monitoring.
  • Virtual Server Monitoring.
  • SLA monitoring.
  • QoS Monitoring. (e.g. when using VoIP)
  • Environmental Monitoring.
  • LAN, WAN, VPN, and Multiple Site Monitoring.
  • Extensive event logging.
  • IPv6 support.
  • Agent-less monitoring. (optional agents (remote probes) allow monitoring for even deeper metrics)

Download PRTG Network Monitor 12.2.1.1768 (released: May 9th 2012)
PRTG Network Monitor Freeware Edition is available for download at following website:

License Freeware

Note: The PRTG Network Monitor Freeware edition is free for personal and commercial use but is limited to monitoring up to 10 sensors. If you want to monitor more sensors you must purchase one of PRTG Network Monitor commercial editions

What's new in PRTG Network Monitor 12.2.1.1768
PRTG Network Monitor 12.2.1.1768 introduce a lot of new features and improvements: See PRTG Network Monitor Version History/Release Notes

System Requirements
In order to install and work with PRTG Network Monitor you need:
  • A PC, server or virtual machine with roughly the performance of an average PC built in the year 2007 or better and minimum 1024 MB RAM memory
  • Windows XP, Windows Vista (32 or 64 bit), Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit), Windows 2003 (32 or 64 bit), Windows Server 2008 (32 or 64 bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Web browser Google Chrome 10 or higher (recommended), Firefox 4 or higher, or Internet Explorer 9 or higher to access the web interface

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