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ispMonitor - an easy to use Ping frontend.

screenshot for ispMonitorispMonitor is a easy to use GUI for the ping command, allowing one to monitor network defects over broadband ADSL Internet connections. ispMonitor takes care of dropped or late packets. Results are displayed both visually and in a text window.

Complete feature list

  • run ping command and track lost or late packets
  • traceroute facility to find nearest IP address to ping
  • logging facility to console, file and text window
  • ping tracking to avoid wrong detection
  • visual effects : activity with blinking LED, graphical display
  • debug window : need to be completed

Download

Installation

Installation is very easy under ubuntu Feisty because the php-gtk extension is provided. Here is how to do it :

  sudo apt-get install php5-cli make wget
  sudo mkdir -p /opt/ispMonitor
  sudo chown `whoami` /opt/ispMonitor
  cd /opt
  wget -O - http://php.classes.free.fr/php/gtk/ispMonitor/latest.php | tar -xzvf -
  sudo make install  # this will install php-gtk (Ubuntu Feisty only)
  ./isp-monitor [ip or address]

Afterwards, you can update ispMonitor with a single command : make update

Screenshots

main window

ispMonitor main window

Options

ispMonitor option window

Trace

ispMonitor trace window

Traceroute

ispMonitor traceroute window

Debug

ispMonitor debug window