The PING Monitor uses the ICMP Protocol to send a ICMP_Echo to the configured host. Please note that the target has to allow ICMP, otherwise the PING Monitor will not work. So if the host you want to monitor is using a Firewall for example, make surre the Firewall allows ICMP traffic for you.
Monitor Name
This is the name that you specify at the time of adding action in the 'Initial Name of the Monitor' field.
Monitor Comments
Here you can add a description or write down some Comments for the added Monitor.
Polling frequency
Defines the interval of how often the Monitor does perform it's checks.
Minimum failed times
If the Monitor check fails for the count of minimum failed times, an alert will be generated. The default is set to 2 which is a good setting to avoid false alerts.
Enable Flatfile Detailed logging
This setting will enable flatfile logging of the activity for this monitor. The logfile will be stored in the logs directory of AliveMon. Please note that the logformat may change in future versions.
Bytes to Send
How many garbage bytes are going to be send in the ICMP Echo request.
Timeout
Defines how long the ping will wait for an Echo reply.