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How can i set the PRTG to send pings to an external IP like Google's DNS in order to monitor my outgoing traffic from my remote site

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Created on Mar 8, 2011 4:47:24 PM



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Hello,

simply add a device "www.google.com" or the IP of one of Google's DNS-Servers and add a Ping Sensor to this device.

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Created on Mar 8, 2011 5:25:47 PM by Torsten Lindner [Paessler Support]




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