Here's one possibility depending on what kind of network architecture you're using:
I have two Internet connections here, and I use two Cisco routers for redundancy, both connected to a common LAN and running HSRP and BGP. If you have a setup like this, you could use a proxy ping with the CiscoRTTMonEchoICMP probe to ping from the routers rather than the Smokeping machine itself. You have to be careful that the source address is on the provider's network (e.g. the WAN address of each router vs. my public LAN, which BGP directs over a single preferred link) otherwise the return path might be through the other router. What I do is go ahead and ping directly from my Smokeping box to monitor a particular server, then do separate probes from the Ciscos to addresses I know *should* (iff BGP and the links themselves are happy and healthy) to monitor the ISP connections themselves. Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Mees Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BULK] - [smokeping-users] logging multiple connections smokeping-users, I want to smokeping my servers through 2 different isp's. My smokeping machine has access to 2 different internetconnections. How can i setup smokeping that it uses the 2 connections to monitor my servers ? I want to see server1 pinged through isp1 and server1 pinged through isp2 Thanks in advance for the help Peter Mees mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] CTS bvba Molsesteenweg 83 2490 BALEN ********************************************************************** Confidential/Proprietary Note The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. Access to this email by anyone other than the intended addressee is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, retention, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please reply to or forward a copy of this message to the sender and delete the message, any attachments, and any copies thereof from your system. Thank you. Guardian Mortgage Documents, Inc. 225 Union Boulevard, Suite 200 Lakewood, CO 80228. ********************************************************************** -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/smokeping-users WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
