Enabling the Ping Throttle

Note: Increasing the time between consecutive pings generated by the ping engine lowers the bandwidth required to support the ping engine, but increases the amount of time required to ping monitored devices. Decreasing the time between consecutive pings increases bandwidth requirements, but decreases the amount of time needed to ping monitored devices.

Note: The Throttle pings by x msecs selection persists only if you have selected an option other than the default. The default setting is 20 msec.

To enable the ping throttle:

1. From the console main menu, click Configure > Program Options.
2. Click the General icon. The General options appear.
3. Select Throttle pings by x msecs option and select the number of milliseconds you want the ping engine to wait between consecutive pings.
4. Click OK. The Program Options dialog closes.

See Also Using the Program Options Enabling the polling engine Enabling actions Enabling performance monitors Enabling WhatsVirtual event collection Enabling the SNMP Trap Listener Enabling the Windows Event Log listener Enabling the Syslog listener Enabling FIPS 140-2 mode About the WhatsUp Gold default SSL certificates Changing the device state colors or icons Passive Monitor Listeners Changing how long report data is stored Selecting a display font Changing clock/regional preferences Changing the date and time format Using the WhatsUp Services Controller