Ping monitor uses the ICMP protocol to verify that the asset responds to ping packets within a predefined time. The monitor can also calculate packet loss and round trip time during the test. The monitor only triggers on packet loss level if the round trip time is within the specified range.
Note: The ping protocol is one of the protocols with lowest priority in a network and some hosts do not respond to ping packets by default.
Timeout - Largest round trip time in milliseconds the monitor waits for the ping packet to return from the host.
Packet loss - Max packets lost when transmitted to the host. Specified in percent of total sent packages.
Packets to send - The number of packets to send each test. A higher value yields a more exact packet loss and round trip time value.
Include trace - Select option to include a trace route log in alarm message.
Max hops - Max number of trace route hops that are performed while in Alarm state. Defaults to 255.
Alternative IP - Secondary IP to test. The monitor can ping an alternative IP number in the same test.
Package size - Total size of the data sent with the packet. Excludes the IP and ICMP header size of 28 bytes. For example, to test an MTU of 1500 enter 1472 here.
Don't fragment - Sets the 'do not fragment' option in the outgoing ping packets.
