Polling overview

Polling is the active watching, or monitoring, of your network by WhatsUp Gold. This is done in a variety of ways, depending on the service monitors you have configured on your devices. The default polling method is done through Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP). The default polling interval for WhatsUp Gold is 60 seconds.

A small amount of data is sent from the WhatsUp Gold computer across the network to the device it is watching. If the device is up, it echoes the data back to the WhatsUp Gold computer. A device is considered down by WhatsUp Gold when it does not send the data back.

See Also Learning about devices Adding a single new device to WhatsUp Gold Setting Advanced device discovery settings Changing a device name Changing a device IP address Adding additional network interfaces to a device Adding notes to a device Using device types Refreshing device details Copying a device Moving a device Deleting a device Cloning a device Dependencies overview Using Acknowledgments Accessing a remote desktop to view and manage devices Configuring multiple devices with the Bulk Field Change feature Understanding Web Alarms