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Router, gateway and IoT endpoints in a client network, monitored via ping and port check
Monitoring

IoT & Device Monitoring: Watching Reachability Beyond the Website

How to monitor gateways, routers and endpoints with ping and port checks: device reachability in the client network that website monitoring doesn't cover.

Florian Zaskoku10 min read
Website reachable but the mail server won't respond, a browser check doesn't see this outage
Monitoring

Monitoring Mail Servers & DKIM: Reachability No Browser Check Sees

Why a reachable website ≠ working mail, and how SMTP/IMAP monitors and auth-record checks (DKIM, SPF) catch delivery problems early.

Florian Zaskoku10 min read
Overview of HTTP 5xx error codes 500, 502, 503 and 504 with cause and meaning
Incidents

HTTP Error Codes Explained: 500, 502, 503, 504 and What They Mean for Your Clients

An error reference for the key HTTP 5xx codes: cause, fix, and how monitoring reports the error before your client calls.

Florian Zaskoku11 min read
A user checking the server status of a large online service on a status page during an outage
Incidents

When Big Services Go Down (YouTube, WhatsApp & Co.), and What They Teach About Status Communication

Why millions check the server status during an outage, and what the giants' professional status communication gets right that any agency can adapt at small scale.

Florian Zaskoku10 min read