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Download and install MultiPing, if necessary.
Set up the targets that you want to monitor and create the alerts to watch your targets.
For this tutorial, we set up an alert that emails us when our build server's network connectivity is poor:
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Next, download and install AlwaysUp, if necessary.
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Start AlwaysUp.
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Select Application > Add to open the Add Application window:
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On the General tab:
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In the Application field, enter the full path to the MultiPing executable.
By default, you'll find that here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\MultiPing\MultiPing.exe
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In the Start the application field, choose Automatically, but shortly after the computer boots.
With this setting, the MultiPing will start a couple of minutes after boot — after all the machine's critical
networking services are up and running.
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And in the Name field, enter the name that you will call your application in AlwaysUp.
Stick with the default of MultiPing or specify another name if you like.
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Switch to the Logon tab. Enter the user name and password of the Windows account where you installed MultiPing.
It's probably the account you're signed in to right now:
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Switch to the Startup tab.
Since MultiPing relies on the TCP/IP stack to so its work, check the Ensure that the Windows networking components have started option:
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We're done configuring MultiPing as a Windows Service so click the Save button to record your settings.
In a couple of seconds, an application called MultiPing (or whatever you called it) will show up in the AlwaysUp window.
It is not yet running though and the state will be "Stopped":
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To start MultiPing from AlwaysUp, choose Application > Start "MultiPing".
In a few seconds, the status column will change to "Running" and MultiPing will be chugging away in the background:
Note that MultiPing's colorful window won't pop up on your desktop.
That's because it's running in the
isolated Session 0 —
the place where Windows Services live.
If you wish to see MultiPing and confirm that it's working as a service, select Application > Restart "MultiPing" in this session from AlwaysUp:
That will bring MultiPing visibly onto your desktop.
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And that's it! Next time your computer boots, MultiPing will start up immediately, in the background, without anyone needing to log on.
Please restart your PC now and test that everything works as expected after Windows comes back to life.
Finally, please feel free to edit your MultiPing services in AlwaysUp and explore the many other settings that may be appropriate for your environment.
For example, send an email if MultiPing crashes or stops, setup a weekly restart to cure nagging memory leaks, and much more.
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