NetGong

NetGong is a software utility that was built in order to help network administrators, webmasters and any curious person to monitor any IP address or host and receive notifications when the a connection fails.

The setup process you are required to go through is a piece of cake, as it does not present you with any unpleasant surprises and does not take too long. After you finalize it, you come by a simple and clean interface which only consists of a menu bar, a few buttons and a tabbed pane in which to display all the connections being monitored.

In addition to that, extensive Help contents are provided, thus ensuring that all user categories can work with NetGong, including those with little or no previous experience with computers.

This software program enables you to add a large number of connections to monitor, by simply inputting some related information. To be more accurate, you have to specify the host address, a short description (optional), the time interval at which to ping and ICMP settings (timeout, retries, packet size).

It is also possible to verify a specified TCP or UDP port and set up audible alerts by selecting a WAV file from the HDD, as well as e-mail, message or file notifications. Events can be viewed in another tab along with details such as type, time, host, description and status.

To wrap it up, NetGong is an efficient piece of software, dedicated to all user categories interested in monitoring a specified Internet connection. It does not hamper the system’s performance, all tasks are completed in a swiftly manner and there are sufficient options to keep you busy for a while.