[ NNSquad ] More on Traffic Monitoring

[Ben Kamen <bkamen@benjammin.net>]

I'd also like to mention that on the PRTG website, they offer two
different versions of their product.

I have both Version 6 and 7 and would recommend that for the fast setup to 
graphing fun, use Version 6.

Version 7 is built around Ajax that uses your web browser as the interface and 
frankly I just don't think it sets up as fast (more clicks to accomplish a task 
followed by pages to reload) than V6.

I think V6 offers better output displays for what I might want to do with my 
network in a quick monitoring of Inbound AND Outbound traffic for more detailed 
analysis than the default SUM mode V7 seems stuck in.

Of course, V7 does offer things that are interesting to larger networks... Your 
mileage (and monitoring desires) may vary.

I just thought I'd mention that the newest version may actually not be the best 
for our purposes.

Lastly, I'm in no way affiliated with the company - I just found their tool for 
a project I worked on and the licenses were reasonably priced. It's a nice 
product for my laptop when I visit clients to check their networks.

 -Ben