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Questions Tagged “description”

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Cisco: only monitoring Interfaces with specific Interface Description

cisco description snmp tag

By andhe (0) ●1
Views: 1558, on Sep 17, 2018 12:11:48 PM

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Problem Reading Description of the interface

description sensor snmp-compatibility

By Elahe90 (11) ●2 ●1
Views: 1246, on Jun 9, 2018 4:53:08 AM

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Notes/description for devices

description devices notes prtg

By MrInfro (0) ●1
Views: 1710, on Nov 24, 2016 2:29:49 PM

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Updating Cisco switch description in PRTG

cisco-switch description port-number

By just mike (0) ●1
Views: 1591, on Jan 14, 2016 7:02:25 PM

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Description Not Updating

cisco description prtg

By cgross (0) ●1
Views: 3027, on Jul 15, 2015 4:34:23 PM

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portdescription - update

description port update

By PLANE1 (0) ●1
Views: 1686, on Feb 18, 2015 8:58:57 AM

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notification messages

description message notification

By kirillnud (0) ●1
Views: 2603, on Jul 24, 2012 2:18:35 PM

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Description of the device

description device prtg

By dicky9213 (0) ●1
Views: 3026, on Feb 28, 2012 10:13:51 AM

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How can i rename Top 10 Box

description maps rename

By Klaus Gubert (0) ●1
Views: 2936, on Nov 10, 2011 10:27:17 AM

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Can I set a tag via the API?

api description prtg tags

By tonya_ds (0) ●1
Views: 6632, on Jun 2, 2011 6:43:42 PM

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How to display both the Interface ID and Description fields.

bandwidth description prtg snmp web-interface

By Stu Gross (0) ●1
Views: 5178, on May 27, 2011 5:43:35 PM

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Custom sensor providing legend information

custom-sensor description legend temperature

By Thomas Stensitzki (50) ●1 ●1
Views: 5782, on Dec 7, 2010 4:01:13 PM

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How can I get auto-discovery to name Cisco switch sensors based upon their existing descriptions?

cisco description name reporting sensor

By Jay Sipp (0) ●1
Views: 5434, on Nov 22, 2010 6:42:30 PM

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Cisco Serial Number and other system info

cisco description serial-number

By Gary Usyk (0) ●1
Views: 9513, on Sep 20, 2010 3:37:13 PM

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Update interface descriptions

cisco description interface name prtg snmp update

By gg2 (1) ●1
Views: 10007, on May 14, 2010 8:07:03 AM