Navigating the web UI

In most cases, the PingPlotter Web UI is functionally identical to the app. If you are familiar with the basics of PingPlotter’s interface, you should feel right at home in the web UI.

Session and trace management

When first logging into PingPlotter’s web UI, you will be greeted with your All Targets summary.

1. Summaries

   This is a list of all your current summaries. You can create a new summary by clicking New Summary at the bottom of the list

2. Sessions

   A convenient list of all current and previous traces

3. Manage Users

   Add new users and manage individual user permissions

4. Settings

   Adjust general settings and PingPlotter packet engine settings

5. Account

   Logout of the current signed-in user

6. Change columns

   Add or remove columns of data to customize your web UI

7. Share

   Create a LiveShare (read-only weblink) to the current summary, or take Snapshot image

8. Target Bar

   Start, pause, stop, and configure a PingPlotter trace to a specific IP address or DNS name

9. Target summaries

   A list of every trace target in the current summary

10. Timeline Graphraphs

    A graph of network performance over time. Double-click the green, yellow, red or black Status Light on the left side of any target row to add a Timegraph to the bottom of the screen

11. Show/Hide Alerts

    Show or hide the alerts sidebar, where you can add or edit alert actions

Left-click on a target’s IP to move to a detailed view of the trace.

1. Target and device name

   Denotes the trace target and the device running the trace

2. Trace Graph

   A list of every hop between the device conducting a trace and the targeted endpoint

3. Show/Hide Alerts

   Show or hide the alerts sidebar, where you can add or edit alert actions

Configuring alerts

PingPlotter’s alert functionality is a powerful tool for managing and monitoring network performance.

Selecting Show alerts will open the Alerts tab on the right side of your browser window.

Here, you will be able to create, apply, manage alerts for your trace targets. To learn more about PingPlotter’s alert feature, please see the relevant section in the PingPlotter manual.

Configuring settings

A number of important PingPlotter settings can be modified from within the web UI. This includes general PingPlotter settings and packet engine configurations.

These settings are identical to those used within the application. Please refer to the relevant manual pages to learn more about PingPlotter's packet options.

**The feature in this topic is exclusive to PingPlotter Pro. See our product comparison page for more details**