Randall Yeah, I was thinking icinga or nagios. What checks to you recommend?
Trevor I will check the modem connection stats; had not thought of that. thanx, Chris... On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Trevor Benedict <mre...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are you able to log into the modem and pull connection stats off of it? or > via snmp. > Most of the time you can get dBi levels off the line, and other stats. > > But ive never heard of a cable modem going off line for 30-60sec at a time. > I can see it disconnecting for a split sec, and taking 30-60sec to resync, > and packets start flowing again. > There are many things to check in the whole system. I use to be a cable > guy... > > - Trevor > > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Chris Penn <cantorm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This is not a direction Linux question. I have a friend (on window$) >> who is having issues with cox. He swears he is intermittently getting >> 30-60sec hang ups with his connection to the internet after which >> there is a varying level of bandwidth. Cox said their seemed to be a >> problem and told him to get a new modem. This provided no change. >> Kind of pisses me off that they didn't just bring a test modem. This >> has been going on for 6 months. >> >> I was wondering, does anyone have a tool that we could use to monitor >> his connection continuously? Maybe something like neubot >> (http://www.neubot.org) but more to the point. I feel at this point >> he needs to prove the problem to Cox. >> >> All suggestions are welcome, sorry for being off topic, and thanks in >> advance. >> >> Chris... >> >> >> -- >> "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to >> be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." >> -Roger Penrose >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
