Best "Ping Sensor" settings monitoring an internet connection.

Hi there,

This hardly depends on how extensive you want to monitor the connection. To check basic availability use the "Send one single Ping" method. To monitor the ping times mor detailed by sending multiple packets, use the "Send multiple Ping request" option. The ping count is the option to set the pings sent in one interval (default is 5). The ping delay sets the delay between each ping, the default value is 5ms. You can read about all the settings of the ping sensor on this page.

Hey,

Pretty extensive, I wanne know when there is an interruption or packet loss.

Hi Werner,

Then the following settings should work:

• Timeout: 5
• Packet Size: 32
• Send multiple Ping requests
• Ping Count: 10
• Ping Delay: 1
• Show "Down" status on error (default)

Afterwards, navigate into the channel settings of the "Packet Loss" channel, enable and set your desired limits (e.g. Warning: 10%, Error: 50%).

Hi Dariusz,

What should I do with the sensor scanning interval leave it to 5 min?

Thx :)

Hello.

Can you explain how this works in practice so far that it will generate an alarm?

Where does the check interval affect the cycle of the settings mentioned above?

Can you explain with a practical example so that I can understand?

In Brazil the links are very bad and the PRTG generates a lot of alarm. I need to reduce these number of alarms, but avoid waiting for too long the full scan cycle.

Thank you.

Hi Sandro,

Could you further describe what you mean? Do you want to know how the scanning interval affects the following settings?

• Timeout: 5
• Packet Size: 32
• Send multiple Ping requests
• Ping Count: 10
• Ping Delay: 1
• Show "Down" status on error (default)
  
  Best regards.