For company's who support "public desktops" - e.g. desktops used by customers, being alerted to connectivity faults here may also be of prime importance. 

Sentry-go offers two solutions that will check network availability monitoring ...

• The Light-On Monitor is a free, easy way of monitoring network availability to your Windows PCs and/or servers. Setup is simple and by displaying results as a standard web page, monitoring from your desktop is as easy as running your browser! No web server access is required.
    
• Lights-On Plus! contains all the features of the Lights-On Monitor, with the addition of other, more advanced options including alerting, web-based configuration & additional reports.

Monitoring Features
	Auto-discover Windows servers &/or desktops on your domain
	Ability to monitor other TCP/IP devices
	Filter out devices that should not be checked - e.g. test machines
	For more information on monitoring features, please click here.
Alerting (Lights-On Plus! only)
	Alert via network messaging
	Alert via e-mail
	Alert via any other batch file or scriptable means
	For more information on configuring alerts, please click here. You can also configure the monitor's settings direct from your web browser.
Web-based Reporting
	Up to date connectivity status
Additionally, with Lights-On Plus!
	Most recent alerts - list the most recent alerts generated
	Connectivity Status Report - view availability & connectivity errors
	Connectivity Status Map - view availability at a glance
	Network Ping - for the very latest network status
System Requirements
	Windows NT4, 2000, 2003 or above
	Access to an SMTP server (for alerting)

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