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MetaGauge is network traffic monitoring software designed to be easy to configure and maintain. MetaGauge monitors traffic on network devices by using SNMP to track the amount of data passed through the interfaces. The statistics are kept in a database and then displayed in HTML and Graphs. A web server is included but Windows built in web server can be used as well.

Although MetaGauge is designed for a corporate network environment it will work with any device that supports SNMP interface monitoring including most DSL modem/routers.

Paessler Netflow Tester dumps the data of all Netflow packets that a computer receives from a Cisco router. This can be useful when debugging bandwidth monitoring configurations based on Cisco's Netflow protocol. First the Netflow protocol must be enabled and configured on the router. Then the router must be given the IP address of the computer running Netflow tester so that the UDP data packets with Netflow data are sent to that computer.

Just follow these simple instructions:

1) Download Paessler Netflow Tester and then start netflowtest.exe

2) Enter the IP and port number that you have configured as netflow packet target in your Cisco Router. Usually selecting "any IP" should work, in some cases the IP must be explicitly selected.

3) Enable "Start Netflow Collector".

4) You should now see a line in the logfile for each packet the computer receives. Each line shows the time, netflow version, number of flows and the IP of a packet (note: You need netflow version 5 for PRTG Traffic Grapher!)

5) Enable "Show Flow Data" to also show the corresponding flow data.

6) If you do not see any activity then the system does not receive any netflow data (e.g. due to misconfiguration of the router or a firewall blocking the packets, etc.)

With Paessler SNMP Tester you can run simple SNMP requests against a device in your network. During the test each single step of the SNMP request is logged into a logfile for analysis. The idea of this free program is to debug SNMP requests down to the protocol level in order to find communication and/or data problems in SNMP monitoring configurations.

Just follow these simple instructions:

1) Download Paessler SNMP Tester and run the snmptest.exe file.

2) Enter the IP address of your device and select the SNMP port and the SNMP community string.

3) Select a request type:
(a) MIB2 Interface: Reads the traffic counter of a port according to the MIB2 OID
(b) Custom OID: Enter a custom OID value to access any OID value on the device
(c) Device Uptime: Reads the standard system uptime value from the device

4) It may be necessary to select a specific local IP for the SNMP request (usually only necessary for multi homed systems)

5) Click on "Run Test" to start the testing process.

6) During the test you will find detailed information in the logfile window.