James:
--- You wrote:
...set a device (that wasn't really a true device) that would be
dependant on the availability of multiple devices.
i.e.
I want to test the availability of different off site web sites,
services, etc. to determine to overall availability of our internet
connection (for example, maybe the t1 of our isp fails, but everything
in house looks wonderful). so i set up (for example) yahoo, google,
msn, etc. and if ALL of these off site services become unavailable, a
page gets fired off. i thought about map status probe, but that would
fire off a page if only 1 of the off site services were unavailable.
--- end of quote ---
Interesting idea. We've toyed with finding a way to set dependencies manually
("This web service relies both on that SQL database and the authentication
server. Don't send notifications for the web server if either of the other two
is down...") This might be worked around to address your question.
However, I think there's a more direct way to test this. You could include the
router at the other end of your T-1 line on the map. That is, just ping that
router, and InterMapper will know if the T-1 is up. (This is, after all, what
you're primarily interested in testing.)
You could then manually add a link between that router and several other sites
(Yahoo, Google, MSN, etc) to verify that info.
To get the info about those routers, you can do a traceroute to to, say, Google.
It'll give you the list of routers on the path between your computer and Google,
and thus identify your ISP's router(s).
Please get back to me if you have further questions. Thanks.
Rich Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dartware, LLC http://www.dartware.com
10 Buck Road, PO Box 130 Telephone: 603-643-2268
Hanover, NH 03755-0130 USA Fax: 603-643-2289
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