I need to know if it is possible to monitor network speed ... ?

Q: I need to know if it is possible to monitor network speed. Meaning I would like to set up an alert that would alert me if the response time from the ping was above X ms so I can know when there may be possible slowdown on the network. Can this be done with your software and if so can you explain how to create the monitor to do this?

A: Yes this can be done.

First of all you need choose some server (host) you will ping to measure the network speed. You should know ether DNS name or IP address of this host. After that you may follow the instruction at Help: Add Monitor and create PING monitor for this host.

Once monitor is created you need to specify a threshold values which will be used to send alerts. Alerts in IPHost are sent upon monitor state changes, so you need to instruct IPHost to switch monitor to Performance Problem state once the time is above X ms. To do so, choose the created monitor in the TreeView. and go to the monitor's property editor. Choose the Performance Monitoring section and enter values.

By default IPHost sends an email alert once the monitor goes to Performance Problem state. So the needed monitor is created. You may specify email address to send email in the global settings dialog ("Settings" button in the toolbar).

See more information about advanced aleting rules and alerts