Ashkon Software

IP Monitoring Tool - Website Uptime Monitor with Down Alerts

IP Monitoring Tool watches your web sites, servers and network devices and tells you at once when something goes down, comes back up or changes. Add web pages, host names and IP addresses, choose what to check — HTTP/HTTPS status, page content, a keyword, ping, a TCP port or DNS — and let the program check them in the background on a schedule you set for each monitor.

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IP Monitoring Tool main window

Features

Six types of monitors

  • Web page (HTTP/HTTPS): the server must answer with any success code (1xx–3xx) or with the exact status code you expect. Use a fast HEAD request or a full GET.
  • Content change: the page text is compared with the previous check. Compare visible text only and ignore numbers (counters, dates, times, prices) to avoid false alerts. A built-in viewer shows what changed.
  • Keyword: a word or phrase must appear — or must not appear — on the page.
  • Ping: the host must answer ICMP echo requests, IPv4 and IPv6.
  • TCP port: the port must accept connections — HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SSH, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, RDP, VNC, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Redis, MongoDB or any port 1–65535.
  • DNS: the host name must resolve; you are alerted when its IP addresses change.

Flexible checks for every monitor

  • Check interval from 10 seconds to 7 days, set in seconds, minutes or hours.
  • Timeout and the number of consecutive failures before an alert, so a single lost packet does not wake you up.
  • Slow response warning when the server answers slower than a limit you set.
  • TLS certificate expiry warning a number of days before the certificate of an HTTPS site expires.
  • Modern HTTPS with TLS 1.2/1.3, automatic proxy detection, compression and redirects; clear error messages for certificate problems.
  • Test Now button checks a monitor while you edit it. Pause and resume any monitor at any time.

Alerts

  • Windows notifications when a monitor goes down, recovers, changes or shows a warning. Several events at once are combined into one notification; click it to open the program on that monitor.
  • Play a Windows sound or your own WAV file, and bring the window to the front.
  • Run a program with the placeholders %NAME%, %TARGET%, %EVENT%, %DETAILS% and %STATUS% — send an e-mail, write to your own log or restart a service.
  • The tray icon changes color (green, red, orange, gray) and the taskbar button and window title show "N DOWN" or "N changed".

Runs in the background

  • Taskbar mode: closing or minimizing the window keeps the program running in the notification area.
  • Start with Windows, optionally hidden, and start monitoring automatically.
  • Up to 32 checks run in parallel, so large lists are checked quickly.

Statistics, log and export

  • Status, response time, last check, last change, uptime % and number of checks for each monitor; sort by any column.
  • Event log pane with the history of every state change, plus an optional log file.
  • Add many URLs at once, import a text or CSV list, or drag and drop .url shortcuts and text files onto the window.
  • Export the results and the event log to CSV, print the list, copy addresses, open a site in the browser.
  • Upgrading from URL Monitoring Tool 2.x keeps your URL list and settings.

Any downtime of a web site costs visitors and money, and you may not notice it while you are working at your computer. IP Monitoring Tool runs quietly in the notification area, keeps uptime and response time statistics, and alerts you with a Windows notification, a sound, or by running your own program as soon as a server stops answering, a page changes, or a TLS certificate is about to expire.

How to get an alert when a website goes down

  1. Download and install the free 30-day trial of IP Monitoring Tool.
  2. Add a monitor: click Add, choose the monitor type Web page / server is up (HTTP, HTTPS) and enter the URL. For a server, choose ping or a TCP port instead.
  3. Set the schedule: choose how often to check and how many failures in a row trigger an alert, then click Test Now.
  4. Choose the alerts in Tools > Settings: Windows notifications, a sound, bringing the window to the front or running your own program.
  5. Click Start. Turn on View > Taskbar Mode to keep monitoring in the notification area when the window is closed.

When you need a website and server monitor

  • Your web site or online shop goes down and you want to know before your customers tell you.
  • A server, NAS or remote PC stops answering: monitor it with ping or a TCP port such as Remote Desktop (3389) or SSH (22).
  • Watch a web page for changes: a product page, a job listing or an announcement. Show Changes displays what is different.
  • A keyword appears or disappears, for example “out of stock” or an error message on your own site.
  • A TLS certificate is about to expire: get a warning a number of days before it does.
  • A DNS record changes: get an alert when the IP addresses of a host name change.

A server is down — now what? PingTrace shows where on the route the connection breaks and whether its ports still answer, and WinTraceRoute traces the route to it.

Main window

The upper list shows every monitor with its type, status, response time, uptime and details of the last check. The event log below it records every change. The status bar shows the time of the next check and how many monitors are up, down, changed or in a warning state. In the screenshot below two of six web sites are down, and the Settings dialog is open.

Frequently asked questions

How do I get an alert when my website goes down?

Add a monitor of the type Web page / server is up, enter the URL and click Start. When the site stops answering, or answers with an error code, IP Monitoring Tool shows a Windows notification and can play a sound and run a program. It also tells you when the site is back up.

Can it send e-mail alerts?

Not by itself. It can run a program of your choice with the monitor name, target, event and details as parameters, so a script or command-line mail tool can send the e-mail or write to your own log.

Does my computer have to stay on?

Yes. The checks run from your Windows PC, so monitoring works while the program is running. It can start with Windows, start hidden in the notification area and start monitoring automatically.

How often can it check a website?

Each monitor has its own interval, from 10 seconds to 7 days, set in seconds, minutes or hours. Up to 32 checks run in parallel.

Can it monitor a web page for changes?

Yes. A content change monitor compares the page text with the previous check. It can compare the visible text only and ignore numbers such as counters, dates and prices, and Show Changes displays what changed.

Can it monitor servers that are not web sites?

Yes. Ping monitors check that a host answers, TCP port monitors check that a service such as mail, FTP, SSH, Remote Desktop or a database accepts connections, and DNS monitors check that a host name resolves.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. The free 30-day trial runs on Windows 10 and 11. A license is $19.95. Upgrading from URL Monitoring Tool 2.x keeps your URL list and settings.

Ordering

After a completed secure online order, an unlocking key file is emailed to you within two business days. Questions about ordering or registration: order@ashkon.com. Prices for all products are on the Order page.