[CentOS] internet connection tester script

2011-01-28 Thread kellyremo
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=rykHdvBh bix.hu and www.yahoo.com are pingable test sites. 127.0.0.1 could not be pinged [firewall drops all icmp] i have a oneliner that echoes if theres internet connection or no. $ ping -W 1 -c 2 bix.hu gt;amp; /dev/null amp;amp; ping -W 1 -c 2 www.yahoo.com

Re: [CentOS] internet connection tester script

2011-01-28 Thread Philippe Naudin
Le ven 28 jan 2011 03:28:22 CET, kellyremo a écrit: [ ... ] $ while $TORF; do ping -W 1 -c 1 bix.hu gt;amp; /dev/null amp;amp; ping -W 1 -c 1 www.yahoo.com gt;amp; /dev/null amp;amp; TORF=false || TORF=true; done $ It just doesn't work. Goal: if theres no internet connection, then

Re: [CentOS] internet connection tester script

2011-01-28 Thread John R Pierce
On 01/28/11 3:28 AM, kellyremo wrote: bix.hu and www.yahoo.com are pingable test sites. 127.0.0.1 could not be pinged [firewall drops all icmp] what sort of firewall drops packets on localhost ?!? yahoo.com is probably a poor choice of targets, as its a widely distributed group of servers,

Re: [CentOS] internet connection tester script

2011-01-28 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:19 AM, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: On 01/28/11 3:28 AM, kellyremo wrote: bix.hu and www.yahoo.com are pingable test sites. 127.0.0.1 could not be pinged [firewall drops all icmp] what sort of firewall drops packets on localhost ?!? yahoo.com is

Re: [CentOS] internet connection tester script

2011-01-28 Thread cpolish
Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: Yup. That's why it's common to drop at external firewalls and blocked by NAT from reaching inside your network, to protect less thoroughly protected and critical hosts from distributed denial of service (DDOS) such as the now classic ping flood attack. There is

Re: [CentOS] internet connection tester script

2011-01-28 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:19 AM, cpol...@surewest.net wrote: Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: Yup. That's why it's common to drop at external firewalls and blocked by NAT from reaching inside your network, to protect less thoroughly protected and critical hosts from distributed denial of service

[CentOS] internet connection tester script

2010-03-27 Thread Jozsef Vadkan
Why doesn't my internet-connection script work? When I plug the ethcable out, it just waits...and waits...and waits... The script: http://pastebin.com/AE9U1qdL ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] internet connection tester script

2010-03-27 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
Hi Jozsef, On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Jozsef Vadkan jozsi.avad...@gmail.com wrote: Why doesn't my internet-connection script work? I suggest you double-check the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide. You posted this to a couple of sites. In your if statements, you must do if `statement`; then

Re: [CentOS] internet connection tester script

2010-03-27 Thread James Bensley
On 27 March 2010 12:07, Jozsef Vadkan jozsi.avad...@gmail.com wrote: Why doesn't my internet-connection script work? When I plug the ethcable out, it just waits...and waits...and waits... The script: http://pastebin.com/AE9U1qdL This is a ping script I use to check my boxes are all up an

Re: [CentOS] internet connection tester script

2010-03-27 Thread James Bensley
On 27 March 2010 12:47, James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 March 2010 12:07, Jozsef Vadkan jozsi.avad...@gmail.com wrote: Why doesn't my internet-connection script work? When I plug the ethcable out, it just waits...and waits...and waits... The script:

Re: [CentOS] internet connection tester script

2010-03-27 Thread Alexander Dalloz
Am 27.03.2010 13:48, schrieb James Bensley: Would help if I actually put the link in maybe? Doh! http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=QRYHjDpQ Why `ping -c $PCount $hosts | grep 64 bytes | wc | awk {'print $1'}' when `ping -c $PCount $hosts | grep -c 64 bytes' is sufficient? Alexander

Re: [CentOS] internet connection tester script

2010-03-27 Thread James Bensley
On 27 March 2010 12:56, Alexander Dalloz ad+li...@uni-x.orgad%2bli...@uni-x.org wrote: Am 27.03.2010 13:48, schrieb James Bensley: Would help if I actually put the link in maybe? Doh! http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=QRYHjDpQ Why `ping -c $PCount $hosts | grep 64 bytes | wc | awk {'print

Re: [CentOS] internet connection tester script

2010-03-27 Thread Les Mikesell
Jozsef Vadkan wrote: Why doesn't my internet-connection script work? When I plug the ethcable out, it just waits...and waits...and waits... The script: http://pastebin.com/AE9U1qdL DNS lookups take a long time to time out and fail. You could try a ping to your default gateway's IP