If you enable the HTTP server and specify a port number (default 4310), it will be possible to interrogate Servers Alive with a HTML client (=web browser). The URL to use is http://hostname:portnumber/status (example http://networkchecker:4310/status).
If the Webpages automaticly updates itselfs is enabled, the generate webpage, will include one additional line that cause the webbrowser to request an update from the server (Servers Alive) every 60 seconds.
The webpages generate by the HTTP server can't be customized.

If you enable the Telnet server and specify a port number (default is 4301) you can interrogate Servers Alive via a Telnet client (like the default TELNET.EXE of Win95 or NT 4). Via this Telnet client you'll see a list of all hosts, their status and the last time the status changed. And this ordered by status. Via the Telnet session you can enter several commands :

STATUS

to get the current status of Servers Alive

SYST

to get the version number of Servers Alive

HELP

to get some basic help on the commands

UPDATE

to force Servers Alive to do a check cycle

MAINTENANCE

to put a host into maintenance mode

ACTIVE

to reactivate a host was in maintenance mode

QUIT

to quit the Telnet session


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