Network Console 3.0

Network Console lets you quickly and easily monitor the status of your network. If one of your servers goes down, you can automatically receive an email or page telling you about it. If one of your routers fails, you can determine where the failure is by looking at a map of your network where the point of failure is easy to spot.

There are two parts to Network Console: the Service and the Client.

The Service runs on one of your servers. Like most services, it is normally running all the time. The service is responsible for monitoring the network, and sending email whenever the status changes.

The Client is the program you run to interact with Network Console. It lets you see the current state of the network, and lets you configure your network. By using the client, you can do such things as add new nodes to the network, change the email addresses Network Console uses, and control how Network Console tests nodes.

While the Service runs on just one computer in your network, you can have as many copies of the Client running on as many different computers as you wish. You can even have several copies of the Client running at the same time.