How do I monitor my home network to make sure it is up and running? 

Setup IsItUp to monitor your home network.

Our IsItUp Home Version provides the average person an inexpensive way to monitor the status of a home network. If you own multiple PCs, you have probably set up a local area network (LAN) in your home so your computers could talk to each other. Many folks these days have bought an inexpensive wireless router, a few ethernet cards, and set up a small home network. With your computers connected, you can:

• Share a single printer between computers 
• Share a single Internet connection among all the computers in your home 
• Access shared files such as photographs, MP3s, spreadsheets and documents on any computer in the house 
• Play games that allow multiple users at different computers 
• Send the output of a device like a DVD player or Webcam to your other computer(s)

The procedure below will help you set up IsItUp to make sure your home network is up and running.  

Precondition - IsItUp Home should already be installed on your primary IsItUp computer.

Make a list of all of the IP addresses for each of the devices on your home network. Use IPConfig, your router management software, or other tools to create the list.

Next, you will be setting up IP device monitors to monitor your each of the devices on your home network.

Step 1 - Setup IP Device Monitors on IsItUp

On IsItUp, select "Setup / IP Monitor" off of the menu.

In the dialog box (above), identify the device for an IP device you identified in the list you made above:

• Device Name: Enter a unique name you will use to identify the device to be monitored. Spaces and special characters are allowed.
• IP Address: Enter the unique IP address for the device to be monitored. This is the critical piece of information IsItUp needs to monitor the availability of the device.

Press "Next" and follow through the wizard to configure notification options.

Step 2 - Repeat Step 1 for each of the devices on your list.

Step 3 - Let IsItUp monitor your Home Network

Sit back and relax. If any of your network devices goes down, IsItUp will know. If you have selected a notification option, such as a beeper notification, you'll be notified. When you discover an outage, use IsItUp's statistics and reports to analyze where the failure occurred.