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April 2023 (5.4 build 14538)

This is a maintenance and bug fixing release. Performance values have been extended from 32-bit integers to 64-bit integers, so that a monitor can now provide a result that exceeds the largest 32-bit number....
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December 2022 (5.4 build 14499)

This is a maintenance and bug fixing release. Fixed a bug in the DB upgrader process (upgrade to the latest versions might fail) Response Timeout values for all monitors can now be entered in milliseconds...
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November 2022 (5.4 build 14486)

This is a maintenance release, with new features introduced, and bugs fixed. Introduced support for monitoring templates for printers, UPS and network equipment which support SNMP protocol. Added support...
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June 2022. v5.3 build 14217

This is a maintenance release: All third-party software components (Apache HTTP server, OpenSSL, curl and other libraries) have been updated to their latest stable versions. HTTPS monitors have been enhanced...
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September 2021. v5.3 build 14188

A bug fixed in processing SNMP Generic Trap monitors. The detailed information can be found in release notes.
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July 2021. v5.3 build 14182

SNMP Generic Trap monitors can now be switched to Warning or Problem state based on a trap payload. Third-party tools have been updated to the current versions to improve network security. The detailed...
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December, 2020. v5.3 build 14150

Among significant changes: Starting from version 5.3, IPHost Network Monitor supports Push notifications on mobile devices; current release supports Android devices running under Android 4.4 or higher...
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June, 2020. v5.2 build 14141

A maintenance IPHost release (v5.2 build 14141), with bugs fixed and new features introduced, has been published. Among significant changes: “Measurements” settings group added to HTTP(S) monitor,...
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December, 2019. v5.1 build 14116

A maintenance IPHost release, with bugs fixed and new features introduced, has been published. You can read the complete list of new features, enhancements and bug fixes in release notes.
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April, 2019. v5.1 build 14047

Monitoring database Improved performance and reduced monitoring database size. This allows you to monitor more resources using the same hardware. IPHost Network Monitor creates now fast backup of monitoring...
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December, 2018. v5.1 build 13744

Application and Server Monitoring Templates: Templates can now include attachment files. There’s now an option to mark template’s Match monitor “for network discovery only”. User...
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July, 2018. v5.1 build 13330

Monitoring service: 2 new monitor types have been added: New Syslog messages monitor has been added; this is the second passive monitor (after SNMP Custom Trap monitor) which is listening for input and...
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March, 2018. v5.1 build 13063

This is a major release, with multiple improvements and new features. The short list is below. Support for nested host groups has been added. New Host Group dialog allows to create a host group either...
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December, 2017. v5.0 build 12338

Application Templates: MS Exchange 2013 application templates have been added (“Other Applications and Services” category). Monitoring Service: HTTP(S) monitors do not report SSL certificates...
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November, 2017. v5.0 build 12251

Application Templates: Integration with Application Templates Community site has been introduced; now one can work with application templates (publish, download, provide feedback etc) directly from IPHost...
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May, 2017. v 5.0 build 11530

Application Templates: VMware Host, VMware Virtual Machine, VMware Datastore application templates for monitoring parameters of Host, Virtual Machines, and Datastore on VMware vSphere Hypervisor have been...
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February, 2017. v 5.0 build 11259

Application Templates: the Hyper-V Hypervisor, Hyper-V Virtual Machine, and Hyper-V Virtual Storage application templates have been added for monitoring of the Windows native virtualization platform. Nginx...
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April, 2016. v 5.0 build 10689

This is a release of a new major version of the product. Application templates: the main new feature of IPHost Network Monitor version 5.0 is an introduction of application templates. Application template...
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January, 2016. v 4.0 build 10327

Alerting Several minor issues affecting alerting have been handled.
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October, 2015. v 4.0 build 10090

This is a major update release, with multiple interface improvements, new features introduced, and bugs fixed. Licensing: The Trial and Freeware Versions – from now on, there’s no separate freeware...
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May, 2015. v 4.0 build 9250

Monitoring service: Monitoring of virtually any server or networking hardware is now possible – 12 new and improved monitor types for system resource monitoring have been introduced. Now you can monitor...
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March, 2015. v 4.0 build 8879

Web interface: We have addressed all recently disclosed HTTPS security vulnerabilities by updating the OpenSSL library and httpd.conf configuration file. This change affects the Apache Web server that...
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January, 2015. v 4.0 build 8716

Bugfixes False positives have been fixed in the rare cases of PINGing to a disconnected host with a response time exactly matching the timeout, which led to a very rare chance of returning success when...
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December, 2014. v 4.0 build 8652

Version 4 is a major update. Most parts of the software have been redeveloped. User Interface: Both the Monitoring Client (Windows Interface) and the Web Interface are redeveloped. Particular attention...
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September, 2014. v 3.5 build 8152

Now it is possible to filter any incoming SNMP Trap Payload with regular expressions. Logic of network interface selection for traffic monitors in process of network discovery is improved. Traffic monitors...
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May, 2014. v 3.5 build 7890

Traffic monitors are no longer forcefully re-added for (re)discovery in client GUI. This is done once when upgrading to a version where support for traffic monitors was added, or when installing such a...
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April, 2014. v 3.5 build 7796

Fixed timeout on connection shutdown that was detected in rare cases when checking services such as Remote Desktop connectivity using a TCP monitor Traffic monitors now correctly handle network adapter...
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February, 2014. v 3.5 build 7298

Eliminated false error message “E-mail sender or recipient or subject or body is not set.” from ‘SMS over e-mail’ alert or the ‘Send mail’ alert if e-mail subject field...
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February, 2014. v 3.5 build 7214

At the first installation new WMI Traffic Speed and WMI Traffic Volume monitors are created on the local host in addition to the previous set of the sample monitors IMAP monitor has been fixed to turn...
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January, 2014. v 3.5 build 6985

Monitoring: New monitor types are now supported SNMP Traffic Speed – for monitoring the current bandwidth usage of a network interface. You can monitor inbound/outbound/total traffic speed. The monitor...
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May, 2013. v3.1 build 6645

Monitoring Web Transaction Monitor is based now upon Internet Explorer engine to improve compatibility with various web sites and other web applications. Added support for internationalized domain names....
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September, 2012. v3.1 build 6276

Performance improvements. Known bugs are fixed.
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May, 2012. v3.1 build 6258

Over 100 MIB files allowing monitoring Cisco and HP devices have been added to the product. LOGIN SMTP Authentication method is now supported.
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February, 2012. v3.1 build 6249

Group operations with monitors and hosts are introduced. Now user can copy, delete, start, stop, and poll any selected monitors and hosts at once.
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October, 2011. v3.1 build 5909

Maintenance release. Several bugs are fixed plus upgrade of Firebird database.
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July, 2011. v3.1 build 5571

Significant improvements in overall performance of IPHost Network Monitor. Now one copy of the software can support monitoring of about 2,000 resources on standard computer and up to 5,000 monitors on...
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March, 2011. v3.1 build 4975

Support for SNMP traps. New “SNMP Generic Trap” monitor allows receiving both generic and any vendor specific trap and execute alert upon the trap receipt. Web Transaction monitor now uses...
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October, 2010. v3.0 build 4556

Remote Network Agents: Bulk automatic remote upgrade of Remote Network Agents from central installation of IPHost Network Monitor. Monitoring: New option in Web Transaction monitor add-on. Now it supports...
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August, 2010. v3.0 build 4458

Monitoring: Remote Network Agents allow monitoring in multiple separate network from one installation of IPHost Network Monitor
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April, 2010. v2.1 build 3926

Monitoring: DNS server monitor. Monitoring: Custom script or program monitor now can be ‘Run As’ using specified user account. Web interface: Now you can ‘Start’, ‘Stop’...
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March, 2010. v2.1 build 3819

Alerting: SMS over GSM modem alert that allows sending SMS (text message) over GSM modem or cell phone attached to the computer for a more reliable notifications delivery method.
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December, 2009. v2.1 build 3629

Monitoring: Web Transaction Monitor for end-to-end monitoring of web application and e-commerce web sites by simulating the steps of a real user activity. Monitoring: SSH monitor lets you to check SSH...
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November, 2009. v2.1 build 3492

Alerting: SNMP SET alert. Monitoring: SNMP SET support in the SNMP browser. Monitoring: SFTP support in the FTP monitor. Monitoring: in the FTP monitor – you can set accepted response codes Alerting:...
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September, 2009. v2.1 build 3362

Monitoring: MS SQL Server native monitoring support. Reporting: Custom first day of the week. Custom time of sending regular (daily, weekly, monthly) reports. Windows interface: Ability to start or stop...
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July, 2009. Version 2.1 build 3191

Monitoring: WMI namespace now may be specified for WMI monitor; this allows monitoring non-standard WMI sources such as Microsoft Exchange and MS SQL servers. Alerting and Actions: play sound action. You...
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June, 2009. Version 2.1 build 3108

Alerting and Actions: Now actions can be performed not only then monitor turns into problem state but also on recovery from problem state. Alerting and Actions: Now you can set schedule for Action Profile,...
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May, 2009. Version 2.1 build 3023

Monitoring: secure connection to the monitored mail server is now supported (both SSL and TLS). Monitoring: MySQL database monitor with support of SSL connections and authentication. Alerting and Actions:...
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April, 2009. Version 2.1 build 2900

Reporting: Regular reports. Now you can set IPHost Network Monitor to send summary, problem and trend report for any monitor, host or host group daily, weekly or monthly. Application performance is significantly...
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February, 2009. Version 2.1

Monitoring: Nagios plugins support Monitoring: New Monitor type – Oracle monitor Monitoring: HTTP monitor has now a list of acceptable HTTP response codes Alerting and Actions: Support for ICQ and...
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November, 2008. Version 2.0 build 2494

Monitoring: New monitor type – Script or Program – now you can create any custom monitor you need Monitoring: Three example “Script or Program” monitors: directory size, file content...
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