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Ping Monitor overview

Version 10.0 released at 10/13/2023

Numerous tools are available for monitoring the connection to your website, server, domain, or IP address, and Ping Monitor is one of them. These applications can assess the stability of your connection.

Ping Monitor is a desktop gadget designed for Windows 10 and Windows 11, providing easy access at all times. It can also stay in the foreground when needed. This gadget can monitor up to fifteen servers, both locally and remotely. Users can set the monitoring interval for each server. The gadget displays responses from these servers in both graphical and numerical formats, showing maximum, average, and current ping times, along with the number of errors encountered while pinging the server or IP address. Additionally, information for each server can be stored in a log file. You can refresh each server by double-clicking on the alias or refresh the graph with a double-click as well. You have the option to pause or continue monitoring for each server, and Ping Monitor supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

To easily identify your connections, you can assign an alias to each server. The alias is displayed on the main interface of the gadget. However, if you prefer to use an IP address or domain name as an alias, you can do so as well.

The gadget's interface is flexible; you can adjust its size and customize the colors. All your settings will be saved in a file created at the following path: %APPDATA%\gadgetname_Settings.ini. You can make a backup of this .ini file if you prefer.

Ping Monitor is a useful gadget for Windows users who want to monitor websites or servers using the ping command. While the ping command may not offer as many features as some other server monitoring applications that support additional options, such as checking if a database is running on a server, it still serves as a valuable tool.

For easy manual ping testing, consider trying our Ping Tester gadget as well.

Ping Monitor features explained:

Ping Monitor gadget

Special features

  1. The average ping is calculated based on the last 110 pings.
  2. Double-click on server name to refresh the ping.
  3. Double-click on MAX ping to refresh the max ping counter.
  4. Double-click on Lost (error) ping to refresh the lost (error) ping.
  5. Double-click on the graph to refresh the graph, as well as the average ping.
  6. Click on the error message to view the number of lost pings.
  7. An additional pause/continue button (Pause) has been added.

Advice: If you are using an IPv4 address like “109.227.109.84” you need to change the Decimal symbol from a comma (“,”) to a period (“.”). Here’s how to do it:

  1. Open Regional and Language Options by clicking the Start button start, selecting Control Panel, clicking on Clock, Language, and Region, and then choosing Regional and Language Options.
  2. Click the Formats tab, and in the Format, click Additional settings.
  3. In the Numbers tab, change the Decimal Symbol from a comma to a period.

Show changelog

Version 10.0 - Overhauled and decreased HTML. (Released at 11/13/2023).

Version 9.9 - Added Romanian translation by Tudor Sprinceana. (Released at 06/30/2023).

Version 9.8 - Overhauled and decreased HTML. Updated Turkish translation by Burak Yavuz. (Released at 02/25/2023).

Version 9.7 - Improved code. (Released at 10/18/2022).

Version 9.6 - Improved code. (Released at 10/15/2022).

Version 9.5 - Updated Italian translation by Roberto Boriotti. (Released at 11/19/2021).

Version 9.4 - Updated French translation by LogoLargo. (Released at 08/19/2020).

Version 9.3 - Updated Japanese translation by Kosuke Kaizuka. (Released at 03/21/2020).

Version 9.2 - Improved code. (Released at 02/23/2020).

Version 9.1 - Fixed bug with autoscale DPI under Windows 10. (Released at 08/10/2019).

Version 9.0 - Improved work with languages in settings. Fixed bugs. Cosmetic changes. (Released at 04/03/2019).

Version 8.9 - Changed algorithm for working with logs. Fixed few bugs in working with logs. (Released at 10/18/2018).

Version 8.8 - Update Polish translation. (Released at 10/08/2018).

Version 8.7 - Some minor optimizations and code cleanup. Update Japanese translation. (Released at 09/07/2018).

Version 8.6 - Improved code. Fixed bug in case average ping equal 0. (Released at 07/25/2018).

Version 8.5 - Improved code. (Released at 07/19/2018).

Version 8.4 - Fixed bug with sizing. Improved code. (Released at 07/12/2018).

Version 8.3 - Fix for the Decimal Symbol Issue (thanks to Christoph H). (Released at 10/21/2017).

Version 8.1 - Fixed bug with wrong work when you type server name with slash at the end.

Version 8.0 - Fixed bugs. Improved usability. Added support up to 15 servers.

Version 7.9 - Added custom ping timeout for each server.

Version 7.8 - Overhauled HTML.

Version 7.7 - Fixed Dutch translation by Marcel Keiman (The Rambler).

Version 7.6 - Added Dutch translation by Marcel Keiman (The Rambler).

Version 7.5 - Improved code.

Version 7.4 - Fixed bug with playing alarm sound if choose 0 losses.

Version 7.3 - Update German translation by Jörg Bornwasser.

Version 7.2 - Added Belorussian translation by Kanstantsin Melnikau.

Version 7.1 - Added “Test sound” button in settings.

Version 7.0 - Improved code.

Version 6.9 - Change update notifier algorithm.

Version 6.8 - Cosmetic changes in Japanese translation.

Version 6.7 - Changed reset counters algorithm. Changed working with logs. Cosmetic changes. Added Japanese translation by Kosuke Kaizuka.

Version 6.6 - Fixed bug with localization.

Version 6.5 - Allow change graphs height from 20 to 99px. Fixed bug with pause.

Version 6.4 - Up to 5 servers configuration save/load allowed. Added Czech translation by Jiří Škorpil.

Version 6.3 - Added Hindi translation by Raunak Dutta.

Version 6.2 - Fixed Polish translation by Andrzej Mazurkiewicz.

Version 6.1 - Added Polish translation by Andrzej Mazurkiewicz.

Version 6.0 - Added Slovak translation by Ivan Očadlík.

Version 5.9 - Added auto reset counters settings.

Version 5.8 - Added Italian translation by Carlo Adami.

Version 5.7 - Added Indonesian translation by elda taluta.

Version 5.6 - Added scale ping graph (#1 settings tab) and calculate average ping for server using log file (#7 settings tab).

Version 5.5 - Added Catalonian translation by Jordi Bartrina.

Version 5.4 - Added Autoscale DPI option (#3 settings tab).

Version 5.3 - Added German translation by Christoph Heibutzki aka STSchiff.

Version 5.2 - Improved code.

Version 5.1 - Added French translation by Pascal Legendre.

Version 5.0 - Added log files for each servers.

Version 4.5 - Added “Set all freq. to” button in #1 settings tab.

Version 4.4 - Added Hungarian translation by Andras Subicz.

Version 4.3 - Added Turkish translation by Celal Osmanbas.

Version 4.2 - Added Brazilian Portuguese translation by Rafael “R4to0” Maciel Alves.

Version 4.1 - Added Spanish translation by Diego Manuel Vazquez.

Version 4.0 - Added “Hide 'PING ERROR' message” setting. Added Ukrainian and Russian languages.

Version 3.8 - Added settings how long the alarm should play.

Version 3.7 - Improved settings.

Version 3.6 - Fixed bug with fill graph type.

Version 3.5 - Renamed “Error” ping to “Lost” ping. Added “Show lost ping in percents” setting. Added update notifier.

Version 3.4 - Added custom sound and ping error counter for each server.

Version 3.3 - Added ping error counter for play sound in settings. Improved interface.

Version 3.2 - Fixed typos in settings.

Version 3.1 - Added color identify ping error on graph.

Version 3.0 - Remove “Refresh ping” button. Added “Pause/continue” button. Added plying sound if ping error. Added custom error message for each server. Change some functions behavior (see features).

Version 2.7 - Improved code.

Version 2.6 - Add ping buffer size. Add site’s name alias.

Version 2.5 - Allow hide “Title” and “Copyright”. Added change graph line width and hide gridlines on a graph.

Version 2.4 - Fixed bugs.

Version 2.3 - Added “Average” and “Error” ping counters. Added “Refresh” button for each ping.

Version 2.2 - New refresh rate option added (by request).

Version 2.1 - Allow users to hide graph setting.