WhatsUp Gold provides a full complement of network tools to find devices, query management information, and troubleshoot potential connectivity and configuration issues at your site. You can access a complete suite of WhatsUp Gold tools by selecting ANALYZE > Tools. The following tools are accessible from the main menu:

  • Ping. This tool sends an ICMP echo request to the selected device to determine if connectivity exists. In addition to selecting a device or IP address to ping, you may also specify the Time to Live (TTL), the number of packets to send (Count), Timeout in milliseconds, and Packet size in bytes. If the ping is returned, WhatsUp Gold reports a status of Success or Failure, along with the round trip time in milliseconds, the time to live, and the average, minimum, and maximum round trip time.
  • SNMP MIB Walker. This tool provides detailed information about the SNMP objects a device supports and that can be monitored with WhatsUp Gold. It actively polls for objects and does not require MIB files for the polled objects to be loaded. Once the MIB Tree has been populated, the tool also allows you create an SNMP Active or Performance monitor by launching the applicable configuration dialog directly from the SNMP MIB Walker with the selected Object ID prepopulated.

Many of these tools, along with additional tools used to connect directly to a monitored device, are also accessible directly from both the My Network map and list views and can be found by right-clicking on any device icon to launch the device management actions menu. The following tools are accessible from the right-click menu:

  • Browse. Launches the selected device's user interface in a new browser tab.
  • SNMP MIB Walker. This tool provides detailed information about the SNMP objects a device supports and that can be monitored with WhatsUp Gold. It actively polls for objects and does not require MIB files for the polled objects to be loaded. Once the MIB Tree has been populated, the tool also allows you create an SNMP Active or Performance monitor by launching the applicable configuration dialog directly from the SNMP MIB Walker with the selected Object ID prepopulated.
  • Ping. This tool sends an ICMP echo request to the selected device to determine if connectivity exists. In addition to selecting a device or IP address to ping, you may also specify the Time to Live (TTL), the number of packets to send (Count), Timeout in milliseconds, and Packet size in bytes. If the ping is returned, WhatsUp Gold reports a status of Success or Failure, along with the round trip time in milliseconds, the time to live, and the average, minimum, and maximum round trip time.
  • Remote Desktop. Launches a Remote Desktop Connection window displaying the desktop for the selected device.
  • SSH. Launches a secure, encrypted Secure Shell window pointed to the selected device.
  • Telnet. Launches a telnet window where the user can interact with the selected device using a command line interface.