> Jeff Waugh wrote: > > Even better, install collectd and use its ping plugin -- now you can do the > > same thing, but with beautiful (and *SIMPLE*) graph output. :-) > > > > > Or you could use Nagios and have the alert notification send a form > letter to the person concerned every time it went down.(probably not a > great idea!). But seriously, it also comes with handy availability > graphs, so you quote uptime/downtime figures in percentage terms easily. > on ubuntu, apt-get install nagios will monitor your default gateway with > ping out of the box. >
Thanks guys for the suggestions. I had forgotten about nagios and I have discovered two new options for me to use. I have modified Peter's simple script to output a tidy continuous report and have already identified a near 30 minute outage this evening. I will have a tinker with collectd and smokeping over the weekend. Thanks again, Rick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
