Networking Monitoring Tool On Client

I am looking for a Networking Monitoring Tool that gives me information about Packets Dropped and maybe a message such as an e-mail is sent with such information. I would like to run the monitoring tool on a Windows 7 Professional system and the agent on a Windows XP client.

The Client that is running Windows XP disconnects at several intervals and therefore I would like to see what is causing the issue rather than using the 'Ping' command. I am also looking for something that is Freeware.

Any information is appreciated!

Is the machine that is running the end of support xp operating system using DHCP or does it have the IP entered manually? If it is using DHCP try entering the IP manually. If you are using a static ip, have you attempted using another one?

Have you checked/replaced network cables?

How old is the hardware? The on board nic may be failing, have you tried an add in network card?

Does the machine have all "power saving features" disabled in the bios and in the end of life/support xp operating system control panel power features? Such as "allow computer to turn off this device" is disabled?

If you stay logged into the XP machine and using it, does it ever lose connectivity then? Or does it just loose connectivity when no one is around?

Have you considered upgrading to a supported operating system?

Do you run a recently upgraded anti virus on the end of life xp operating system? It could have a virus/trojan/etc on it.

What sort of router is connected to the XP machine, perhaps the issue is with that device?

As for a network monitoring tool you may be stretched to find one that will still support xp AND is freeware. check out Cacti and MRTG

I hope any of this may help but i do suggest you should try and upgrade from XP.

Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4865

Capsa Free

http://www.colasoft.com/capsa-free/

Pandora FMS

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pandora/?source=directory

Here's a list http://www.gfi.com/blog/the-top-20-free-network-monitoring-and-analysis-tools-for-sys-admins/

Solarwinds is another.

Does anyone know where I can download Nagios (X64-bit) for Windows please? I need a Monitoring Tool that sends an e-mail whenever a Client is Offline. Does anyone know if this can be done with Nagios?

http://www.phpservermonitor.org/ will send emails and SMS alerts and can check service ports... I'm sure it could be setup as a pinging tool.

From my experience with nagios it doesn't run on Windows, you have to run the server on a linux distribution, like CentOS. If you want to experiment with it you can load a CentOS image into a virtual machine like virtual box and have a play with it, if you are only monitoring a few hosts I'd suggest Nagios XI instead of Core.

Core is free but takes a bit more time and know how to set up host monitoring.