Net-Monit live demo

The live wall of every monitored device and site. Each tile is one monitor and refreshes automatically (about every 10 seconds in the real app). Colour tells you state at a glance: green healthy, amber warning, red critical, grey offline.

Summary bar

Summary counters

Counts of Healthy, Warning, Critical and Offline monitors and the total. Click a counter to filter the tiles to that severity; click again to clear.

Infrastructure Overview cards

Overview cards

Top row: latest WAN speed (download, upload, ping, ISP from the Speed Test history), devices online/total and apps/sites online/total. Only monitors with 'Show on Infrastructure Overview dashboard' ticked are counted.

Category tabs

General tab (All)

Shows every monitor regardless of kind. The number is how many tiles match.

Network tab

Routers, switches, wireless APs and anything checked by Ping or SNMP.

Firewall tab

Devices whose type is Firewall.

Windows tab

Windows servers and anything checked by PowerShell.

Linux tab

Linux servers and anything checked by SSH.

URL tab

Websites and web apps (HTTP/HTTPS checks).

View controls

Grid view

Card layout. Per-user setting, remembered on the server.

List view

Compact one-line-per-monitor table. Good for large estates.

Grid density 2/3/4/5/Auto

Choose how many tiles per row. Auto fits as many as the screen allows.

Edit layout

Admin only. Unlocks drag-and-drop ordering, resizing and hiding of tiles. Nothing is saved until you press Save.

Add tile

Quick-add: attach an existing device or create a new one without leaving the dashboard.

Save layout

Stores tile order, size and hidden state for your user.

Reset layout

Puts every tile back to default order and size.

Cancel edit

Leaves edit mode and discards unsaved layout changes.

Show all (hidden tiles)

Temporarily reveals tiles you hid, so you can unhide them.

Tiles

Device tile

One monitor. Shows name, host (admin only), type badge, status, live metrics and last-checked time. Click for details and per-device threshold settings. Right-click for the tile menu.

Type badge

The device type (Router, Linux server, Website...) chosen when the monitor was added.

Metrics

The values the check collected: latency, packet loss, CPU, memory, disk, bandwidth, or for sites response time and SSL days left. Coloured by the thresholds that apply to this monitor.

Error line

The last error the check reported (admin only), for example a timeout or an HTTP 503.

Drag handle (edit mode)

Drag a tile onto another to reorder.

Resize handle (edit mode)

Drag the corner to make a tile wider or taller.

Size presets (edit mode)

One-click small / normal / large tile sizes.

Hide / remove (edit mode)

Hides the tile from your dashboard. The monitor keeps running and alerting.

Quick add and device settings

Existing Device tab

Tick devices that are already monitored to show them on the dashboard.

New Device tab

Create and start monitoring a new device in one step.

Type

Device, Server, Website or Shared drive. The fields below change to match.

ID

Unique short key, letters/numbers/dashes. Cannot be changed later.

Display name

The name shown on the tile and in alerts.

Host / IP / URL

What to check: an IP or DNS name, or a full URL for a site.

Path (UNC or mount)

Shared-folder check only: \\server\share on Windows or a mount path on Linux.

Add & monitor

Saves the device and starts polling it immediately.

Device settings window

Opened from a tile. Shows the effective warning/critical thresholds for this device and where each value comes from (global, type, method or device override), and lets you override them.

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Where monitors are created, edited and tuned. Admin only. Every device has a check method, a poll interval and its own notification and escalation rules.

Add or edit a device

Device ID

Unique key used internally and in alerts. Letters, numbers, dashes. Fixed after creation.

Display name

Friendly name shown on tiles, alerts and emails.

Host / IP address

What the check connects to.

Poll interval (sec)

How often the device is checked. Lower is faster detection but more load.

Device type

Network device, Router, Switch, Firewall, Wireless AP, Windows server, Linux server, VMware host, NAS, Printer, UPS, IP camera, Other. Decides the dashboard tab and which thresholds are offered.

Check method

Ping (ICMP): up/down + latency + loss. SNMP: adds CPU, bandwidth, interfaces. PowerShell: Windows CPU/memory/disk/services/tasks. SSH: Linux CPU/memory/disk. Disk/Shared folder: free space of a drive share. Extra credential fields appear for SNMP, SSH, PowerShell and disk.

Show on Infrastructure Overview

Counts this monitor in the dashboard overview cards.

Add device

Saves the monitor and starts polling. Becomes Save changes when editing.

Cancel edit

Abandons the edit and clears the form.

Monitored devices list

Group by

Group the list by nothing, type or method. Counts shown per group.

Device row

Edit loads the device into the form above. Test runs one check now. Notify opens notification and escalation settings. Delete removes the monitor and its history.

Scope: all

Filter the list to every monitor.

Scope: devices

Hide websites.

Scope: sites

Show websites only.

Notify window (per device)

Notifications enabled

Master switch for alerts about this device.

Notify emails

Extra recipients for this device only, besides the admin/support/manager groups.

Alert trigger mode

Wait to confirm (default): alert only if the problem lasts N seconds, which filters blips. Immediate: alert on the first bad check.

Seconds, then alert

How long a problem must persist before the alert is sent.

Repeat-alert cooldown

Whether and how often the same alert is repeated while it stays unresolved.

Seconds between repeat alerts

Minimum gap between repeats.

Active levels

How many escalation levels (L1 to L3) are used. Each level has its own email, SMS and call numbers and its own delay before it fires.

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Live list of open problems raised by the threshold engine. An alert opens when a metric crosses warning or critical, or a device goes offline, and closes by itself when the value recovers.

Filters

Open

Alerts that need attention: active plus acknowledged.

Active

Not yet acknowledged by anyone.

Acknowledged

Someone took ownership. Repeat emails are paused for this alert.

Resolved

Closed manually or recovered on their own.

Search

Filter by device name, host or message text.

Severity

Show only warning, critical or offline alerts.

Actions

Acknowledge

Marks the alert as seen by you and silences repeats. It stays open until the problem is fixed or you resolve it.

Resolve

Closes the alert manually and sends a recovery notice if recovery emails are on.

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All system configuration in one place, in tabs. Most tabs are admin only. Changes apply on the next check cycle; nothing needs a restart.

Email / SMTP

SMTP Enabled

Master switch for email alerts.

SMTP Host

Your mail server, for example smtp-mail.outlook.com.

Port

587 for STARTTLS, 465 for SSL, 25 for plain.

Use TLS

Encrypt the connection to the mail server. Keep on.

Username

Mailbox login.

Password

Stored encrypted (AES) in the database, never shown again.

From address

Sender shown on alert emails.

Resend interval (min)

Default minimum time between repeats of the same alert.

Admin emails

Receive ALL alerts (To line).

Support group

Receive alerts from escalation level 2 onward.

Manager group

Receive alerts from escalation level 3.

Save SMTP

Stores the mail settings.

Send test warning

Sends a sample warning email to the admin group to prove delivery.

Send test critical

Sends a sample critical email.

Notifications (global rules)

Send on Warning

Email when a metric reaches warning.

Send on Critical

Email when a metric reaches critical.

Send on Recovery

Email when the problem clears.

Send on Offline

Email when a device stops responding.

Re-send warning every (min)

Repeat interval while a warning persists.

Re-send critical every (min)

Repeat interval while critical persists.

Re-checks before giving up

Offline detection: how many extra attempts before a failed check counts.

Seconds between re-checks

Wait between those attempts.

Failed checks in a row to confirm Offline

Consecutive failed cycles needed before the device is declared Offline. Prevents false offline alerts from one lost packet.

Save

Stores the global notification rules.

Escalation

Alert trigger mode (default)

Default for every device: wait to confirm or immediate.

Seconds, then alert

Default confirmation delay.

Repeat-alert cooldown

Default repeat behaviour.

Seconds between repeats

Default gap between repeats.

Save defaults

Stores the defaults used by devices without their own settings.

Apply to all devices

Overwrites every device's own escalation settings with these defaults.

Notification Templates

Custom placeholder

Create your own {variable} (key, value, description) usable in every template, for example {site_name}.

Subject

Email subject for this state (warning, critical, recovery, offline). Supports {placeholders}.

Plain-text body

Text version of the email.

HTML body

Formatted version of the email.

Template enabled

Turn off to use the built-in default for this state.

Reset to default

Restores the built-in template.

Thresholds

Devices tab

Warning and critical limits for latency, packet loss, CPU, memory, disk and bandwidth.

Sites tab

Limits for websites: response time, SSL certificate days left, SSL handshake, DNS and TCP connect time.

Scope

Global (everything), or one device type, or one check method. More specific scopes beat global; a per-device override beats all.

Fill recommended values

Loads the recommended warning and critical value for every row.

Threshold rows

Each row shows the unit, the direction (alerts above, or for SSL days below), the allowed range, the recommended values and what healthy looks like. Impossible values are refused.

Monitors, Users, Logs

Users

Add admin or viewer accounts. Viewers see tiles but not hosts, credentials or settings.

Access token

The user's password. 8+ characters with upper, lower and a number. Generate makes a strong one.

Audit

Who did what: user actions and system events, newest first.

Alert Log

History of every alert with counts of critical, warning, recovered and emailed.

License, Appearance, SMS & Call, Organisation

License

Shows trial days left or licensed state, your Device ID and Activation Code, and the box to paste a key.

Theme

Dark or light. Per user.

Accent colour

Colour of buttons and highlights. Per user.

Background colour

Page background colour. Per user.

Background image

Optional picture behind the dashboard.

SMS enabled

Send SMS through your own HTTP gateway.

SMS preset

Fills URL, method and body for common gateways.

SMS URL / body / headers

Where and how the gateway is called. Placeholders {to} and {message} are filled per alert.

SMS test number

Sends a test message to prove the gateway works.

Voice call enabled

Place a voice call for critical alerts through an HTTP gateway.

Organisation name

Shown in the header and on emails.

Organisation logo

PNG/JPG shown in the header.

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Measures internet speed two ways and keeps a history.

Tests

Test WAN Speed

Runs from the Net-monit server to Cloudflare: ping, then download (green needle), then upload (purple). Shows live Mbps. If the test servers throttle (HTTP 429/503) it backs off and reports rate-limited.

Test Your PC Speed

Runs in your browser from your own computer to Cloudflare. Measures your path, not the server's. This one is real in the demo too.

Export CSV

Downloads the whole history as a spreadsheet file.

Purge Logs

Deletes the history after confirmation.

Results

WAN Telemetry

Table of past tests: time, source (server or browser), download, upload, latency, jitter, ISP and public IP.

Activity Log

Step-by-step messages of the current or last test.

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Website and web-app monitoring over HTTP/HTTPS, with SSL certificate tracking.

Quick check

Site or IP to check

Any URL or host. Nothing is saved.

Expected status

The HTTP code that counts as healthy, usually 200.

Check Now

Runs one check and shows status, response time, DNS, TCP connect, SSL handshake, SSL days left and size.

Monitored sites

Add Site

Opens the form below to monitor a site permanently.

Site URL or IP

Full URL including https://.

Display name

Name on the tile and in alerts.

Expected HTTP status

A different code (for example 401 for a login wall) counts as a failure.

Timeout (seconds)

How long to wait before the check fails.

Keyword must be present

Optional text that must appear in the page. Catches a site that returns 200 but shows an error.

Warn if slower than (ms)

Sets this site's response-time warning.

Poll interval (seconds)

How often the site is checked.

Check SSL certificate expiry

Tracks days left on the certificate; alerts when below the threshold (default warning 30, critical 7).

Show on Infrastructure Overview

Counts the site in the dashboard apps card.

Refresh

Reloads the table now.

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Discovers devices on a subnet and turns them into monitors.

Scan configuration

Subnet to scan

CIDR such as 192.168.1.0/24. Maximum /16.

Auto-detect

Fills in the subnet(s) of this server's network cards.

Max workers

Parallel probes. More is faster but heavier on the network.

Port scan (identify device type)

Probes common TCP ports (22, 80, 443, 445, 3389...) and guesses the device type.

Check UDP ports too

Also probes DNS, SNMP, NTP, TFTP, mDNS and SSDP.

Scan Network

Starts the scan in the background and shows progress.

Results

Filter

Search results by IP, name, vendor or type.

Select all

Tick every discovered host.

Add Selected to Monitoring

Creates ping monitors for the ticked hosts, with a default method you choose.

Default method for all

Ping, SNMP, SSH and so on, applied to the hosts being added.

Scan History

Earlier scans. Open one to see its results again.

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Administration for admins: users, mail, groups, audit, system and backup.

Users

Email address

Login name of the new user.

Role

Admin: full control. Viewer: read-only dashboard, hosts hidden.

Access token

Login secret, 8+ chars with upper, lower and number.

Generate

Creates a strong random token.

Add user & send welcome email

Creates the account and emails the credentials (needs SMTP).

Email, groups, audit

SMTP settings

Same mail settings as Settings > Email, edited here for convenience.

Admin group

Receives every alert.

Support group

Receives escalation level 2 and above.

Manager group

Receives escalation level 3.

Save groups

Stores the three recipient lists.

Audit refresh

Reloads the audit log.

System and backup

Default Appearance

Default theme, accent, background colour and image for users who have not chosen their own.

Include user accounts

Adds users (emails, roles, token hashes) to the backup file.

Download backup

Exports devices, thresholds, notification settings and templates as one JSON file.

Restore file

Choose a backup file made earlier.

Restore from file

Imports the file and replaces current settings.

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Activate your free licence key. Trial lasts 30 days without a key.

Activation

Device ID

Identifies this installation.

Activation Code

Second value tied to this installation.

Copy Both Values

Copies Device ID and Activation Code so you can send them to the vendor (abuabdullah.be@outlook.com or infoxtek.com). The key arrives in 4 to 7 business days and is free.

License key

Paste the key. It starts with NM1- and is about 127 characters. Pasting is required, do not retype.

Activate License

Verifies the Ed25519 signature offline. No internet or phone-home. Keys are bound to this Device ID, so a reinstall needs a new key.

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Version, patch level and owner details. The version line is what to quote when asking for support.

Info

Version

Shows the Net-monit version and the list of patches applied to this installation.

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