Configuring connection monitor

In this section of the program's settings, you can configure the connection monitoring preferences.

Fig.1. Connection monitoring settings.

• Monitor connections constantly

When this item is selected, monitoring for active connections will be performed continuously, with the period configured in the corresponding field.

Warning! With a shorter time inteval, the software can log more user connections and react faster when using black list and alerts. But with a very short interval and large number of simultaneously connected users can increase the load on your system and computer disk due to excessive log writing. We recommend the value of 1 sec. for user computers and 3-5 sec. for file servers.

• Notify on new connections

When this item is selected, in the upper left corner you will see the notification message with the name of the computer, which your shared resources are being accessed from, and name of the remote user. The message will disappear automatically after the number of seconds, which you have specified in the Display message for... setting.

• Play sound on new connections

When a new connection is detected, the program can play a sound file (WAV), which you have specified in the Sound file field.

• Show balloon tip in tray

When this item is selected, the program will show notification messages in the system tray displaying the remote user and computer name.

• Disconnect after idle time

It happens often that user, once has opened file resources, does not close the session and remains on the active connections list. That can be critical when the number of such "dead" connections reaches the maximum, and new users can no longer connect to the resource. In this case, you can take advantage of the application’s capability to disconnect idle sessions. For that, select the "Disconnect users not using resources..." option and enter the maximum idle time. That will automatically disconnect all users with the number of resources being used equal to 0 after the specified time span. The respective record will be made to the connection log.