From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 17 02:18:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA19439 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 02:18:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.netcetera.dk (root@sleipner.netcetera.dk [194.192.207.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA19432 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 02:18:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leifn@image.dk) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.netcetera.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id LAA23552 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 11:13:59 +0100 Received: by swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk (0.99.970109) id AA03753; 17 Feb 98 10:16:06 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) Date: 16 Feb 98 21:37:22 +0100 Subject: Re: I need a device which can signalize the connection lost Message-ID: <17b_9802171016@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> References: Organization: Fidonet: Swimsuit Safari. Go for it. To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 16 Feb 98 19:38:00 Doug White wrote regarding Re: I need a device which can signalize the connection lost >> On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Alex N. Zhuravlev wrote: >> >> I need a device and software with it which can show me a presence of my >> connection to my ISP. I've got Cisco 2511 as a router and have a freebsd >> box. I have one idea ... I can learn about connection via snmp from >> freebsd box snmp client to cisco ... But what to do further ... How to >> make some kind of a light to turn on or some sound maybe ... Maybe >> somebody already invent smth common ??? DW> If a software monitor is OK, you could have a cron task that DW> pings the cisco every so often and sticks the reports on a web DW> page or similar, so if the connection is lost, it signal as DW> desired. Look into bb (Big Brother) in the ports. Beside making a nice webpage with red, yellow and gren "leds", depending on status of connections, system loads, and availability of different services (pop, http, ftp, smtp etc), it can also send messages to a pager or a cellphone. I received sms's on my cellphone 14 days after I left the company... Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message