Overview
PRTG Network Monitor is a monitoring bot from Paessler used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review, and site-health testing.
Its primary user-agent pattern is PRTG Network Monitor.
PRTG Network Monitor is Unverified at the identity-evidence level. The listed identity remains useful for detection, but this record does not currently contain authoritative evidence sufficient to authenticate the identity claim.
Robots.txt behavior is not currently confirmed.
PRTG Network Monitor can usually be allowed after confirming the source and monitoring request volume.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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PRTG Network Monitor - HTTP Agent Examples
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PRTG Network Monitor - Robots Token
- PRTG Network Monitor
- Identity Type
- Observed
- Evidence Method
- Treat `PRTG Network Monitor` as an identity signal only. Confirm it with current operator documentation, cryptographic verification, forward-confirmed reverse DNS, source-network ownership, or other authoritative evidence before trusting the claimed identity.
Classification
- Type
- Monitoring bot
- Kind
- Monitoring bot
- Family
- Paessler
- Purpose
- Uptime and performance monitoring
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- PRTG Network Monitor is used for uptime monitoring, synthetic checks, performance measurement, accessibility review, and site-health testing.
- Detection Notes
- PRTG Network Monitor traffic is primarily detected by the `PRTG Network Monitor` user-agent pattern. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Paessler infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
- Spoofing Risk
- PRTG Network Monitor has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Allow
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Do not rely on this rule without verification.
Relationships
- Operator
- Paessler Checked 2026-08-07
Relationships without an Evidence link are normalized from the canonical directory record. They should not be interpreted as independent proof of physical presence or request origin.