NetGong

NetGong is a sophisticated network monitoring tool that allows network administrators, webmasters, and Internet service providers to monitor any networked device on the Internet, corporate intranet, or TCP/IP LAN and receive alerts immediately via audible alarm, message, e-mail, or third-party software when a connection fails. It is a powerful personal monitoring product delivering low cost, simplicity of operation, and round-the-clock coverage.

Main features:

• allows you to monitor network devices or services without installing an agent on each machine;
• monitors up to 500 network resources simultaneously;
• allows quick network resource configuration;
• allows all parameters to be set independently for each network resource;
• permits you to temporarily disable monitoring of certain resources;
• alerts you to failures using a variety of techniques ranging from audible alarms to third-party software;
• allows you “fine tune” the alerting functions to avoid unnecessary alerting during an extended failure;
• alerts can be enabled for any combination of failure and recovery notices;
• allows custom alerts to be created for each monitored resource;
• each alert type can be tested in order to verify that the alert is configured correctly prior to going live;
• allows e-mail notification via SMTP with the server of your choice;
• supports keyword values and customized message information;
• offers real-time and historical reporting capabilities to assist you in tracking network resources availability;
• provides reports in HTML format to help keep track of network resources availability in an easy to view list;
• provides remote access to the monitoring results using a Web browser.