Alert settings

The Alerts tab controls how Ping Monitor notifies you of status changes:

Desktop notifications

Show desktop notifications

When enabled, a desktop notification (toast) is displayed when a host changes status.

Sound alerts

Play sound on status change

When enabled, an audible alert is played in addition to (or instead of) the desktop notification.

Sound file

The audio file to play when an alert is triggered. Click the browse button to select a custom sound file. If no file is specified, the system default alert sound is used.

Trigger conditions

You can choose which status changes trigger alerts:

Host goes offline

Triggers when a host stops responding entirely. This is typically the most important condition to monitor.

Host becomes degraded

Triggers when a host’s latency or packet loss exceeds the degraded threshold. Useful for early warning before a host goes completely offline.

Host comes back online

Triggers when a host that was previously offline or degraded returns to good status. This confirms that an issue has been resolved.

All three conditions can be enabled independently. For example, you might enable offline and recovery alerts but disable degraded alerts to reduce notification noise in environments with variable latency.