Eric Nush

Network/System Administrator

Palos School District 118

Scott Fox

Director of Information Technology

Palos School District 118

• Palos School District 118 in Palos Park, IL

• ~45 Min South of Chicago

• PreK-8, 2,000 Students

• Two Elementary Schools, One Middle School

• Admin Building, Transportation/Operations Building

• Windows School District, 1:1 in our Middle School

• Most Servers and Services On Site

• Fiber WAN to all buildings, Fiber ISP from WOW

About Us

• 15 min of Slides/Talking

• 25 min of Live Demo

• Questions/Discussion

Overview

• Paessler Router Traffic Grapher

• Can monitor any piece of equipment on your network

• SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)

• WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)

• SSH (Secure Shell)

• HTTP Requests

• Ping, Tracert, etc.

What is PRTG?

• Servers

• Switches

• Firewall

• Filter

• Websites

• VoIP

• Intercom

• CCTV / DVR

• Room Temperature

• Power Status

• Generator Status

• Fire Alarm

• Johnson Controls

What can PRTG Monitor?

• Based on Sensor Count, one time purchase

• Optional Software Upgrade Assurance annually

• 30 Day Free Trial of Unlimited Sensors

• Non-Profits 15% Discount

• 100 Sensors – Free

• 500 Sensors - $1,600 / Non-Profits $1,360

• 1,000 Sensors - $2,850 / Non-Profits $2,422

• 2,500 Sensors - $6,150 / Non-Profits $5,227

• 5,000 Sensors - $10,500 / Non-Profits $8,925

• Unlimited Sensors - $16,900 / Non-Profits $14,365

• Can Increase Anytime For Difference

Licensing

• Ping

• HTTP

• Ports

• Services

• Windows Update

• Uptime

• Bandwidth

• Netflow

• AD Errors

• Disk Space

• RAM

• CPU

• Disk I/O

• HDD Health

• File/Folder

• SQL

• Exchange Boxes

• DNS/DHCP

• Cloud Services

Sensors

• Dataprobe IPIO Device

External Devices

External Devices• APC NetBotz Room Monitor

• Only use Sensors you need

• Paused Sensors don’t count

• Keep it organized

• Use Buildings as Groups

• Group similar devices together (Servers, Switches, etc)

• Name things properly, otherwise it will be called Ping ##

• Set different Notification Groups (Admin, Tech, Operations)

• Can use Cell Phones Email to Text for Text Alerts

• Custom Maps

• Historical Data useful for Future Planning

Tips/Tricks

• $70 Monitoring Station

• Kit has everything you need

• Script to Auto-Load on reboot

Raspberry Pi

• Runs on any Windows Computer, Windows 7/8/8.1/10 Server 2008,2012, 2016

• Recommended Windows 10 or Server 2012/2016

• We use Windows 8.1, installed in 2014 on Hyper-V, still works fine

• Recommended Dual Core CPU, 3 GB RAM, 250 GB HD for Logs

• Download EXE from Paessler.com

• Sign up for Trial/Free 100 Sensors License

• Start Adding Sensors!

How To Install