NetGong is a sophisticated network monitoring tool that allows network administrators, webmasters, and Internet service providers to monitor any networked device on the Internet, corporate intranet, or TCP/IP LAN and receive alerts immediately via audible alarm, message, e-mail, or third-party software when a connection fails. It is a powerful personal monitoring product delivering low cost, simplicity of operation, and round-the-clock coverage. Main features: runs as a system service automatically on startup, allows you to monitor network devices or services without installing an agent on each machine, allows quick network resource configuration, allows all parameters to be set independently for each network resource, permits you to temporarily disable monitoring of certain resources, alerts you to failures using a variety of techniques ranging from audible alarms to third-party software, allows you "fine tune" the alerting functions to avoid unnecessary alerting during an extended failure, alerts can be enabled for any combination of failure and recovery notices, allows custom alerts to be created for each monitored resource, each alert type can be tested in order to verify that the alert is configured correctly prior to going live, allows e-mail notification via SMTP with the server of your choice, supports keyword values and customized message information, offers real-time and historical reporting capabilities to assist you in tracking network resources availability, provides reports in HTML format to help keep track of network resources availability in an easy to view list, provides remote access to the monitoring results using a Web browser.
Update history of NetGongv6.9 (June, 4. 2009)
This release supports enhanced integration with NetInfo, enabling users to easily find out more about monitored devices. Moreover, this release includes improved stability and security, and a few other minor improvements and bug fixes.
v6.8 (March, 29. 2009)
This release includes ability to run NetGong as a system service, Windows 7 (the next version of Windows for PCs) compatibility, and a few other minor improvements and bug fixes.
v6.7 (November, 11. 2008)
This release supports integration with FTP and Telnet clients as well as integration with Web browsers enabling you to find more information about monitored devices.
v6.6 (August, 20. 2008)
This release includes ability to copy existing configurations. You can set several different configurations up for different needs and then easily duplicate it for the next network devices. Moreover, this release includes Windows Vista 64-bit compatibility and improved startup performance.
v6.5 (May, 18. 2008)
This release supports deep integration with NetInfo, enabling users to find all the available information about monitored devices.
v6.4 (February, 5. 2008)
This release includes "Enable/Disable Alert" functionality, improved E-mail alert, improved Options dialog, and a few other minor improvements and bug fixes. Moreover, added ability to refresh a selected monitored region, from a single server to hundreds of devices.
v6.3 (November, 29. 2007)
This release includes "Decrease on failure" feature, improved Event logging, improved Remote access, improved E-mail alert, and a few other minor improvements and bug fixes.
v6.2 (October, 9. 2007)
This release includes improved high-performance monitoring engine, improved security, improved Windows Vista compatibility, and a few other minor improvements.
v6.1 (May, 24. 2007)
This release includes "Check for Updates" feature, improved Windows Vista compatibility, and a few other minor improvements.
Distribution permissions for NetGong
NetGong may be freely distributed subject to, but not limited to, the following terms: NetGong may not be sold or resold, distributed as a part of any commercial package, used in a commercial environment, used or distributed in support of a commercial service, or used or distributed to support any kind of profit-generating activity, even if it is being distributed freely.
If you would like to distribute NetGong as part of a shareware distribution, magazine, Internet book, CD ROM, etc. contact us for written permission.
The integrity of the original NetGong distribution file as distributed by Tsarfin Computing is essential. NetGong and all of its related files must be distributed together in the original format. The NetGong distribution file may not have files added to it or removed from it and none of its contents may be modified, decompiled, or reverse engineered.
