WebPager® is a set of tools developed and assembled by Rampant to continuously monitor its web servers.   If service interruptions in NT services such as HTTP, FTP, DNS, Email, or others are encountered, technical support staff is alerted immediately by text pager. 

Unlike traditional "ping" tools that can only detect if a computer is running, WebPager actually downloads pages from the server to insure that the specific Web and FTP Services are delivering information to your customers.   This feature is a necessity because real world Web and FTP software such as Microsoft IIS, Netscape Commerce Server, Website, etc. do occasionally stop without warning or error.   While the cause of the error should be researched, the critical need in an ISP environment is to restore services immediately. 

The WebPager tool is smart enough to attempt to restart failed services without any manual intervention.

At each step, page recipients receive news on the status of the server.   Typically, sites are checked every 60 seconds, but this can be adjusted to as little as 10 seconds. 

WebPager can be run on several computers so that if any server fails, multiple messages will be sent. Windows NT servers have the ability to restart services on other network servers.   The paging, monitoring and logging features runs on both Windows95 and Windows NT.   Computers should be equipped with a local modem with a private phone line in order to use paging. 

WebPager has the ability to continuously update an HTML report page showing the latest results. 

As you monitor your site for extended periods you can collect key information on the success, time, bytes read and other details.   Each request is added to a statistics file in a format used by major spreadsheets or databases.  A Microsoft Access database is included which displays summary reports based on this historical information.

License Pricing

WebPager is offered in two versions:

Standalone WebPager....................................................................... $495

 Fully licensed software and utilities for monitoring and paging on one computer.

Commercial Web License.................................................................. $695

          Includes C++ source code and unlimited site license.

 Features 

WebPager is a utility for monitoring web sites. 

WebPager was developed by Rampant to continuously monitor the operation of hundreds of web sites. Rampant developed WebPager to provide critical capabilities necessary to commercial ISPs.  

Rampant runs WebPager on multiple servers. If any service fails, each of the network servers try to restart the service. During any restart, text pages are sent to support staff to indicate the success/failure of any operation. In the event of serious service failure, WebPager can be used to reboot servers on the network from remote locations.  

•      Continuous monitoring of hundreds of sites.

•      Immediate paging of technical staff in the event of failures.

•      Initiates automatic restart of services.

•      Follow-up paging to report on system status.

•      WebPager runs under Windows NT and monitors all services.

Key Features provided by WebPager

 ·         True read verification. Live pages are requested to insure that WWW and FTP services are really working. Never depend on "pings" again.

•     Restart services automatically across the network.

•     Any NT service can be monitored. Check all your critical services: WWW, FTP,

•     DNS, Email, Remote Access, Login services, Routers, outside networks, etc...

•     The 32bit application has a small footprint and uses minimal system resources.

Tracking and statistics for commercial ISPs. 

Message delivery, logging and statistics, on-line status.  

•     Asynchronous paging overrides other modem communications to insure message delivery without hampering the restart process.

•     WebPager is highly configurable including pause time between pages, services to be monitored, pager notification   numbers.

•     Site monitoring results are maintained in an easy to read CSV file (Example Logging Data: WebPager.CSV).

•     A Microsoft Access database provides summary reporting of the logged results.

Continuously refreshed HTML output of latest status (Example Status:WebPager.HTM). The generated HTM file constantly refreshes itself with updated information.