help finding a ping application to tell if servers/switches are still up

[AlexPilot]

Hi I remember once using a little application that you could enter the I.P address of any servers or switches or any I.P address you wanted to monitor. This app would give you a visual green light if it could ping and a red light if it could not.

I wonder if anyone has anything similar?

[Michael]

I can't think of an application which does this, but alternatively if you type:

ping 192.168.1.1 -t

This will keep pinging until you close the command window.

[CyberNerd]

ping 192.168.1.1 -t

I think he wanted something pretty, with lights.


Nagios gives pretty graphs and will even email you if there is a problem

Nagios: Home

[Domino]

checkout webmans efforts in this thread Helpdesk network status.

[mattx]

My no ping script may help - [ no pretty lights though.... ]

No Ping Script

[MrBatchfile]

I find that PingInfoView from Nirsoft does what I need.

PingInfoView - Ping to multiple host names/IP addresses

[leco]

Not exactly a monitor but it does have red and blue markers. Gives IP addresses and other info on devices within a range or a single IP. It's called IPscan, sorry haven't got the web site address but a Google should find it easily enough I think.

[mark]

Wot about spotlight on windows



Overkill but it doesn't get much prettier

[mac_shinobi]

found NINO :

http://nino.sourceforge.net/nino/nino.html

http://sourceforge.net/search/?words...h=soft&pmode=0

NAV :

http://sourceforge.net/projects/nav/

[Nick_Parker]

OP Software - My Little Server Monitor

[theeldergeek]

Hi I remember once using a little application that you could enter the I.P address of any servers or switches or any I.P address you wanted to monitor. This app would give you a visual green light if it could ping and a red light if it could not.

I wonder if anyone has anything similar?

I use IPscan which will 'investigate' a whole range of IP's but may not be conclusive enough for what you want.

You'll need to rename the file from a .zip to a .exe

[antoeknee]

Freeping works well and has a visual indication of connection

FREEping - FREE IP Ping Software | Free software and tools for Windows 2003 XP 2000 NT

[mrbios]

We're using PRTG network monitor here, does alot more than just pinging though its not free - 30% off for education sector though

(though you can tell it to just ping if thats what your into)