Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 23:10:15 +0800 From: "Paul Hamilton" <paulh@bdug.org.au> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: using fping to monitor internet connection status Message-ID: <032f01c6a10e$494e4c40$6600a8c0@w2k2>
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Hi, I need to monitor a number of IP addresses, so that if they ALL go down (say three IP's), then that is a pretty good indication that my server has lost internet connectivity. The most probable cause is usually the ADSL router, and therefore needs a reboot. I was hoping to use the 'fping' program, but looking through the man file, there doesn't seem to be an exit status on loosing ALL the pings. If one goes down, I don't care, maybe that server is down, so keep pinging the other two etc. I was hoping to write this in Perl (the first fping example looked ok, until I realised that it would activate when any one IP address became unreachable, which means that I am still connected to the Internet). Any idea's on a ping tool or simple script? Regards, Paul Hamilton Busselton, 6280 Australiahelp
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