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Date:      Mon, 16 Feb 1998 10:38:00 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Alex N. Zhuravlev" <alx@scn.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: I need a device which can signalize the connection lost
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980216103714.10408O-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199802130242.JAA11446@keep.scn.ru>

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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 ??? 

If a software monitor is OK, you could have a cron task that pings the
cisco every so often and sticks the reports on a web page or similar, so
if the connection is lost, it signal as desired.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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