Network Connection Monitor

Static_Nexus · 17 Jan 2008 at 21:58

Hi guys,

Does anyone know of a way or a program that can monitor how long a pc's network connection has been up?

I also need to be able to check it remotely some how, either by scheduled email or log export.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: Or any way just to monitor how long a pc has been running for! Thx!

superplay · 19 Jan 2008 at 22:48

Uptime from M$

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232243

allllec · 19 Jan 2008 at 22:54

You just want to know the uptime of the network connection or the whole computer?

kip02 · 19 Jan 2008 at 23:54

Could you telnet to a server/machine and use the command 'systeminfo'.

Obviously you could not do this with hunderds of machines but it will be able to tell you when the system was booted.

MarcLister · 20 Jan 2008 at 15:28

If you download SIW and run it then go to Software > Operating system there is, near the bottom, a boot time and running time entry. Boot time is in a clock format and running time is how many hours, minutes and seconds the PC has been running.

mandelbug · 21 Jan 2008 at 06:35

Static_Nexus said:
Hi guys,

Does anyone know of a way or a program that can monitor how long a pc's network connection has been up?

I also need to be able to check it remotely some how, either by scheduled email or log export.

You can parse the event log for network related error messages, a small VB.NET app will do it and can mail you with events. Plenty of examples on the www

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Static_Nexus · 23 Jan 2008 at 12:41

allllec said:
You just want to know the uptime of the network connection or the whole computer?

i have 3 pc's on a lan at home, I'm just trying to find a way to be able to tell how long each pc has been on for each month...

Static_Nexus · 7 Feb 2008 at 21:55

mandelbug said:
Static_Nexus said:

Hi guys,

Does anyone know of a way or a program that can monitor how long a pc's network connection has been up?

I also need to be able to check it remotely some how, either by scheduled email or log export.

You can parse the event log for network related error messages, a small VB.NET app will do it and can mail you with events. Plenty of examples on the www

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thanks for your answer but i've re-phrased my original question a little, im just trying to find out how many hours each pc has been on per month...

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mandelbug · 8 Feb 2008 at 06:14

Parse the Event log for start/stop events for the EventLog service, or if they are left on permanently then look for the uptime event that occurs at mid day

Static_Nexus · 8 Feb 2008 at 13:43

mandelbug said:
Parse the Event log for start/stop events for the EventLog service, or if they are left on permanently then look for the uptime event that occurs at mid day

so you saying i could use an event log reporting utility on the pc's to email me when certain services start or stop? i.e. ones that only start/stop at system boot or shutdown?

mandelbug · 8 Feb 2008 at 20:32

Yeah, eventlog service should do it.

Static_Nexus · 9 Feb 2008 at 13:38

mandelbug said:
Yeah, eventlog service should do it.

ok i found out how to add task to an event ID in vista, and i put my own gmail addy in as the sender and receiver and added the gmail smtp address but it didnt work, probably because it never asks for logon credentials? is there a way to set this?

Static_Nexus · 10 Feb 2008 at 11:27

i thought of another possible alternative, i wrote a couple of scripts:

one to add the current date and time to a txt file and another to add the system uptime to a txt... but i cant figure out a way to get them to run on system shutdown! any ideas any one?