Network monitor

[gelessor]

What's the best network monitor script or plugin?

I have seen many on the forum and not sure which way to go. My assigned IP devices are now over 30 and I think I'd like to be to see who/what is on-line. These include iPhones, iPads, iPods, computers, laptops, routers, switches, cameras, tablets, etc.

thanks

[Wadenut]

There are probably as many opinions as there are options but, Ultramon has served the purpose quite well here for a number of years.

[drozwood90]

Depends on what you want to do. Jon00's scripts work well and are donationware.

--Dan

[ameridan]

I find it easier to create my own devices for each pingable device and one event triggered every 28 minutes or so (I vary the times so the pings don't occur simultaneously). I used to use Jons plugin, but at the time all of the pings went out together and caused issues on my network.

Each device on the Status page also has a Ping button for immediate trigger of the script.
Here is a sample script I run for each event:

Sub main()
 
 Dim strHost, strDeviceCode, bAlive
 strHost = "192.168.0.4"
 strDeviceCode = "N3"
 bAlive = 1
 bAlive = hs.Ping(Cstr(strHost),5) 
 If bAlive = 0 Then
                hs.SetDeviceString strDeviceCode, "0n"
  If hs.DeviceStatus(strDeviceCode) <> "2" Then
                hs.SetDeviceStatus strDeviceCode, "2"
                end If
        else
                hs.SetDeviceString strDeviceCode, "0ff"       
  If hs.DeviceStatus(strDeviceCode) <> "3" Then
                hs.SetDeviceStatus strDeviceCode, "3"
                end If
        end If
'        hs.WriteLog "debug",bAlive
'Only need to run next line once to add Ping button
'        hs.DeviceButtonAdd strDeviceCode, "ping_dan.txt("""","""")", "Ping"
'Only need to run next line once if you want to remove Ping button
'        hs.DeviceButtonRemove strDeviceCode, "Ping"
End Sub 

Hope this helps...

[completelyhis]

+1 for Ultramon

[mwaite]

+2 for Ultramon

[jon00]

I used to use Jons plugin, but at the time all of the pings went out together and caused issues on my network.

Just for the record, this is incorrect. For network detection, the pings are sent sequentially and always have!

[Pete]

+ Ultramon many years now
and
+ Jon's Plugin just a week or so

Both work fine. Most likely will move to Jon's plugin. Just for some integration with the Touch clients.

[ameridan]

Just for the record, this is incorrect. For network detection, the pings are sent sequentially and always have!

Sorry Jon - I guess it was a different network "plugin" (back in the HS ver 1.6 era) that caused me problems. The script I used from you years ago was the Comic pages. Guess thats why I'm in the old-farts club