[ale] ISP monitoring Software

[chip]

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Michael Potter <michael at potter.name> wrote:
> Ale Crew,
>
> I am having intermittent problems with my comcast connection.  I would
> like to monitor it throughout day so I can proactively report problems
> rather than wait until I notice there is a problem.
>
> What do you recommend that will not require extensive coding?
>
> If nothing better I was thinking of just monitoring ping times in a loop.
>
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Seems like Smoke Ping might be a good tool for this.  Especially if
you have access to outside hosts to be able to ping "in" to you as
well.

--chip

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Just my $.02, your mileage may vary,  batteries not included, etc....