Hello-
Per the APM Admin Guide:
TCP Port Monitor
Hello,
TCP Port Monitor tries to establish a socket connection using Connect(string hostname, int port) method of System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient class in .NET framework (more info http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8s2yca91.aspx). Elapsed time for connection is saved as Response Time in the result.
Kind Regards,
Lukas Belza (SolarWinds development)
Is there a big difference between the TCP port and finger port monitor? Other than the ports that they are monitoring? If I use the finger port monitor and change the port to 80, will it be thesame as the TCP port monitor on port 80? Thanks.
The Finger application template included in APM consists of a single TCP Port Monitor pre-configured for port 79 (the default finger port). So they're essentially one in the same.