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Ping Monitor

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Ping Monitor

With the Ping Monitor you can monitor one or multiple hosts with ICMP echo requests to determine if the specific host is reachable.

Example inputs:

HostDescription
10.0.0.1Single IP address (10.0.0.1)
10.0.0.100 - 10.0.0.199All IP addresses in a given range (10.0.0.100, 10.0.0.101, ..., 10.0.0.199)
10.0.0.0/23All IP addresses in a subnet (10.0.0.0, ..., 10.0.1.255)
10.0.0.0/255.255.254.0All IP addresses in a subnet (10.0.0.0, ..., 10.0.1.255)
10.0.[0-9,20].[1-2]Multipe IP address like (10.0.0.1, 10.0.0.2, 10.0.1.1, ...,10.0.9.2, 10.0.20.1)
borntoberoot.netSingle IP address resolved from a host (10.0.0.1)
borntoberoot.net/24All IP addresses in a subnet resolved from a host (10.0.0.0, ..., 10.0.0.255)
borntoberoot.net/255.255.255.0All IP addresses in a subnet resolved from a host (10.0.0.0, ..., 10.0.0.255)

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Multiple inputs can be combined with a semicolon (;).

Example: 10.0.0.0/24; 10.0.[10-20]1

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Right-click on the result to copy or export the information.

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Profile

Inherit host from general

Inherit the host from the general settings.

Type: Boolean

Default: Enabled

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If this option is enabled, the Host is overwritten by the host from the general settings and the Host is disabled.

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Host

Hostname or IP address to ping.

Type: String

Default: Empty

Example:

  • server-01.borntoberoot.net
  • 1.1.1.1

Settings

Timeout (ms)

Timeout in milliseconds for the icmp packet after which the packet is considered lost.

Type: Integer [Min 100, Max 15000]

Default: 4000

Buffer

Buffer size of the icmp packet.

Type: Integer [Min 1, Max 65535]

Default: 32

TTL

Time to live of the icmp packet.

Type: Integer [Min 1, Max 255]

Default: 64

Don't fragment

Don't fragment the icmp packet.

Type: Boolean

Default: true

Time (ms) to wait between each ping

Time in milliseconds to wait between each ping.

Type: Integer [Min 100, Max 15000]

Default: 1000

Expand host view

Expand the host view to show more information when the host is added.

Type: Boolean

Default: false