Using Poll/Monitor tools - Ping Status/Latency

Use the poll/monitor network map tool to view ping status and latency information for devices on the network map. This report provides information about the ping status (up or down device availability) and a graph of the ping latency (round-trip time over time). This tool can help you determine how a single device or multiple devices are performing and where network device bottlenecks may exist on the network.

The following is a list of the information available for the monitor. The Device, Name, and Product ID columns display by default:

• Name. Displays the device name.
• IP Address. Displays the computer IP address.
• Ping Status. Displays the whether the device is in an up or down state.
• RTT. Displays the round trip time in milliseconds; the amount of time it takes for the ping request to be returned from the remote device.

How to get here:

1. From the main menu of the WhatsConnected console, select View > Topology Maps. The Topology Maps view appears.
2. Select a topology map you want to view in the topology tree view.
3. Right-click in the topology map area. The right-click menu appears.
4. Select Poll/Monitor > Network > Ping Status/Latency. The Ping Status/Latency dialog appears with a list of the devices on the map.

To start a Ping Status/Latency monitor on a map:

1. Select the devices you want to include in the monitor.
2. Click Settings if you want to change the Poll Interval and the Ping Timeout settings.
3. Click Start to begin the test. The Ping Latency for each device displays in the graph and the Ping Status and Round-Trip Time (RTT) for each device displays in the respective columns in the table below.
4. Click Stop to end the monitor test.

To edit the columns that appear in the report:

• Right-click on any column heading, the column selection list appears. In the column selection list, click on the columns you would like to display.

To sort on a column:

• Left-click on the column heading. The direction of the arrow indicates the direction of the sort. If the arrow is pointing down, the column is sorted in descending order. If the arrow is pointing up, the column is sorted in ascending order.

To see a print preview, print or save the report to a CSV file:

• Click Preview to see a print preview of the entire report.
• Click Print to print the entire report.
• Click Save to save the entire report to a CSV file.

See Also Polling and Monitoring Using Poll/Monitor tools - Interface Status/Utilization Using Poll/Monitor tools - CPU Utilization Using Poll/Monitor tools - Memory Utilization