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NetCrunch for PRTG Users: When Switching Makes Sense - And When It Doesn’t
Many PRTG users begin looking for alternatives when sensor sprawl, licensing uncertainty, and tedious configuration start to limit scalability. This article explains when NetCrunch is a strong PRTG alternative and when it is not. It covers key differences in monitoring depth, interface licensing, migration workflows, and capabilities that extend beyond PRTG's feature scope.
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Quick Bandwidth Troubleshooting: How-To Guide
Read how NetCrunch gives you rapid, trustworthy bandwidth insight so you can confirm congestion, find top talkers, and validate fixes when you have no time for deep-dive analysis.
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Best Practices for Monitoring Switches (Part I)
Discover essential insights for maintaining the health and performance of your network switches, exploring best practices for monitoring and diagnosing issues.
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Troubleshooting SNMPv3 monitoring issues
SNMPv3 protocol is the latest and most secure version. Encryption and authentication may take their toll on the v3 traffic so in many cases admins decide to stay on v2. Yet sometimes you need to go for it. Learn what to check if you encounter issues with SNMPv3 monitoring.
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How to configure SNMP traps for ESXi/ESX 3.5, 4.x, and ESXi 5.x hosts
Monitoring the health of older ESX/ESXi systems can be implemented by enabling SNMP and setting up SNMP traps to track performance events. Learn how to set it up.
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Enabling SNMP on a Windows machine
Despite the fact, that Microsoft depreciated SNMP for the Windows Server 2012 onwards, it is sometimes necessary to enable SNMP in this system. Below you will find a simple walkthrough how to do it.
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How To Monitor Any Device With SNMP
Here's an SNMP primer for any junior person on your IT team - they may actually be younger than the protocol itself. After all these years, for most devices that you need to monitor, starting with SNMP before you try anything else is a safe bet.
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SNMP monitoring features in NetCrunch
There is a lot of the ways of how we can monitor the condition, performance and availability of the devices with available SNMP service running on them. Learn how to gather the counters and states from various devices with the tools available in the NetCrunch.
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Monitoring complex instances of the SNMP counters
Sometimes the SNMP counter identifier is placed in a different table than a counter. NetCrunch 10.5 introduced a new way of monitoring such complex instances.
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Printer monitoring in NetCrunch
Use NetCrunch printer sensor to get information about the status of the printer and the ink level.
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How to start monitoring of new SNMP device with NetCrunch
Is your device monitorable? Read the article to learn how to approach configuring monitoring for a new device.
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Using NetCrunch to track Port Security status of Cisco switches.
Cisco port security is a great feature to make your network safer. Learn how to configure NetCrunch to display the status of Cisco Port Security on the switch interfaces.
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Monitoring External Events in NetCrunch
Using multiple tools to catch every SNMP trap or SYSLOG message might be hard. NetCrunch simplifies this task with the External Events window and lets you fine-tune your log and SNMP monitoring:
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Optimizing SNMP Monitoring in NetCrunch
This article will explain reasons for most common SNMP monitoring problems, describing ways to fine-tune SNMP monitoring settings in NetCrunch. Learn how to monitor without stressing your SNMP device.