Alert notification

When Network Monitor receives notification of a new alert from the Monitor Daemon, the Alerts dialog box opens and the new alert is selected.

You can change this behavior by selecting the appropriate check box on the General tab of the Network Monitor Properties dialog box.

To do this, select Options > Network Monitor Options to open the Network Monitor Properties dialog box.

This table shows the available options:

Alert notification type Description
Automatically Display New Alerts Select this check box to automatically show new alerts through the Alerts dialog box. This is the default.

Clear the check box to disable this feature. If this check box is cleared, then Automatically Select New Alerts is also cleared. In this way, there is always some notification of a new alert, through the Alerts dialog box or the Network Monitor status bar icon.

Automatically Select New Alerts Select this check box to automatically select new alerts so that the details are visible. This is the default.

Clear the check box to disable this feature. If this check box is cleared, then when a new alert arrives an icon displays on the Network Monitor status bar. This indicates that there is an unread alert.

Click the icon to open the Alerts dialog box. If this dialog box is already showing, then it is brought to the front. The alert icon remains on the status bar until all alerts have been read.

Note:  If the Alerts dialog box is minimized, then Network Monitor cannot restore it when a new alert arrives.