Re: [TCLUG:8903] Testing internet connection reliability

["Kyle Matteson" <kyle@matteson.com>]

why am i still recieving the mailing list?? i've unsubscribed like 3 times.
i'm on the digest one, but not the normal one.

kyle


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Beuchler" <insyte@emt-p.org>
To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 2:03 PM
Subject: RE: [TCLUG:8903] Testing internet connection reliability


> My actual DSL loop seems pretty reliable.  I'm not quite as certain about
my
> ISP.  They're supposed to be multi-homed, but I think they've been having
> some trouble lately.
>
> Thanks for the script!
> Looks like exactly what I need...
>
> Ben
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daniel M. Debertin [mailto:katdan@mninter.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 10:50 AM
> > To: TCLUG-List
> > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:8903] Testing internet connection reliability
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 2 Oct 1999, Ben Beuchler wrote:
> >
> > > I'm starting to play with my new DSL, running qmail and Apache
> > servers...
> > > Even have a domain or two of my own.  I would like to be able to
provide
> > > e-mail forwarding for my friends and maybe host their personal sites.
> > > However, I'm a little nervous about the reliability of my internet
> > > connection.  Is there some sort of script or program that will
> > test it at
> > > regular intervals (maybe pinging a reliable host) and log the results?
> >
> > First of all, I've found DSL to be pretty reliable. I've had a few
> > downtimes in the past, but nothing significant. Of course, this depends
on
> > your ISP/telco mix. Anyway, if you need something that tests your
> > conectivity for you, try this:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > LOG="/var/netlog"  # plug  what you want the logfile to be in here
> > ENDPT=""   # location to ping -- you could use yahoo or whatever you
> >            # want, but use an IP addr if possible
> >
> > while true
> > do
> > ping -c1 $ENDPT 2>/dev/null 1>&2
> > [ $? -ne 0 ] && {
> > echo "unable to reach network at `date`" >> $LOG
> > }
> > done
> >
> > hope that helps
> >
> > ~Dan
> >
> >
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