{"id":1127451,"date":"2023-04-11T11:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T15:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1127451"},"modified":"2023-04-11T11:07:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T15:07:01","slug":"network-watching-gadget-monitor-io-chooses-a-graceful-owner-friendly-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1127451","title":{"rendered":"Network-watching gadget Monitor-IO chooses a graceful, owner-friendly death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/monitor-io-jim-800x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"Monitor-IO, amidst various geeky things\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/monitor-io-jim.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"825\" data-width=\"1100\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> The Monitor-IO in its natural habitat, glowing green to let you know that everything is copacetic with the network to which it&#8217;s connected. (credit: Jim Salter)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monitor-io.com\/\">Monitor-IO<\/a> was a gadget that did one thing: live near a router and tell you how its network is doing. It did this both with detailed reports you could access from the local network and with a screen that glowed one of three colors: green for good, purple for problems, and red for dead. It could replace, or at least augment, typing a bunch of IP addresses into a browser and waiting for them to time out.<\/p>\n<p>We liked the device <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2018\/08\/a-review-of-monitor-io-a-little-gadget-that-wants-to-talk-about-your-internet\/\">when we reviewed it in August 2018<\/a>, despite our broad understanding of it as a &#8220;butter-passing robot,&#8221; a device that relays information you could otherwise find out on your own. It had, beyond color-coded awareness, &#8220;obvious technical chops and real, careful attention to detail&#8221; in how it measured and what it could report. However, we also noted that the $100 price made sense for a small business but &#8220;might be a bit steep&#8221; for a household on a tight budget.<\/p>\n<p>Monitor-IO seems to have run out of people willing to pay for better network awareness. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monitor-io.com\/end-of-service.html\">an &#8220;End-of-service&#8221; notice posted on its site<\/a>, the company cites &#8220;rising costs and supply chain issues,&#8221; among other &#8220;numerous headwinds.&#8221; Faced with no better option, Monitor-IO is shutting down its business and monitoring service on April 15, 2023. (Support will be offered through May 30, 2023.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1930660#p3\">Read 5 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1930660&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1930660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Network-watching gadget Monitor-IO chooses a graceful, owner-friendly death<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ The Monitor-IO in its natural habitat, glowing green to let you know that everything is copacetic with the network to which it&#8217;s connected. 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