Ping interval and timeout settings per device
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Thanks for the new Ping Monitor program.
Can you make the ping interval and timeout settings settable per device?
We are very open to user feedback, especially as this is a new product.
Could you please share a bit more about your practical use case for having the ping interval and timeout configurable per device?
In most scenarios it tends to be simpler to keep the interval and timeout consistent across all hosts, while adjusting the latency thresholds per host instead, since latency is naturally higher for more distant systems.
The main reason I want this is because I have different requirements for LAN-based and WAN-based targets. Some WAN-based targets may have anti-hammering that can ban one's IP if intervals are too short, so I'd still like to test them less frequently.
We will look into whether we can introduce per-device interval and timeout settings in a way that keeps the interface clean and avoids adding too much complexity. Maintaining a simple and intuitive UI is important to us, but your use case is valid and we will consider how best to accommodate it.
Just as a general note: it is quite uncommon for remote systems to treat once-per-second ICMP echo requests as hammering. Standard ping behaviour, such as running ping x.x.x.x from a command prompt, sends the same type of lightweight probe. ICMP is handled by the operating system kernel rather than a web server or application layer service, and it consumes negligible resources on the target system. So in practice, it is very rare for this to trigger blocking.