Same here - in fact, I’d like to test the TTL (we aren’t allowed to probe any windows services and checking for TTL=128 would give us an idea if a group of workstations are up and the OS running).
Actually… rather than having code changes all the time, would it be possible to perhaps run an external file with a parameter (the IP address) and have a errorlevel returned? (In this case I’ve been playing with some other simpler monitors, one of which supports this. I’ve created a simple batch file which pings and then greps the result. Grep returns the errorlevel.)
Good idea. This would be a good feature. It would also be good to be able to measure the speed of a link, and alarm when it is slow. Perhaps integrate bandwidth tester into Dude?