> my experience with bsnl/airtel is that even if you can ping the gateway, the > line may still be down further up the chain. You need to be able to ping > something like google.com through the relevant ethernet card.
There's no reliable way to assert if a link is "working" then. Pinging the gateway will only tell you if the link is technically up. There are scenarios where you can access some websites but not others. -- Artagnon (.com) Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
