The WHOIS Monitor connects to the service, performs a fixed request (127.0.0.1) and waits for the service to respond. If the service in turn connects to ipMonitor and indicates it is available within the "Timeout Intervals", the test is considered successful.

This Monitor:

• Considers the specified resource unavailable after a specified number of seconds.
• Persistently tests the resource at specified intervals.
• Disallows testing during a maintenance period.
• Waits for a specified number of failures to occur before starting alerts.
• Switches testing intervals, from "responding correctly" to "not responding correctly". Configurable intervals allow you to test more or less aggressively in the event of failure.
• Stops alerting after a specified number of alerts.
• Has a placeholder for a WinNT Service Name or any other information required by a recovery script.