Setting up “Custom” sensors in PRTG Traffic Grapher

Once you have the necessary OIDs, you can go and use these values to set up custom sensors in PRTG. Setting up custom sensors in PRTG Traffic Grapher is easy, once you have the necessary OID values.
First, select to add a new sensor by pressing the “Add Sensor” button in the top-left corner of PRTG Traffic Grapher. Follow the setup wizard’s instructions and, when asked which type of sensor you would like to set up, select “SNMP Custom Sensor”. On the next screen, enter a name for the device, the IP address / DNS name for the server upon which the device is to be found, the SNMP community string, as well as the SNMP port. On the next screen, you will be asked to enter an OID. Please enter the number ascertained above (or any applicable OID) and press “Test this OID” – a value should be returned.
If everything went smoothly, select “Next” and continue to set up the sensor, as desired. Once you are finished, the sensor should automatically generate a graph and start graphing.
Keep in mind that many sensor values are already included in the accompanying Paessler libraries – not every sensor that you configure requires you to set up a custom sensor and input a respective OID. Also notice that you can install the additional Paessler SNMP Helper library, in order to increase available devices.

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