[ale] Ping support

[Chuck Payne]

Give me ip can set you up in Nagios for a few days or Check_MK just let me
know.

On Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 2:34 PM Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Bing is fine but I wanted to get a couple more destinations to check
> multiple paths.  But I can certainly start with Bing.
>
> I already have a script set up that writes out to a database so I can do
> queries on the data.
>
> On 2021-03-28 06:05, DJ-Pfulio via Ale wrote:
> > That's what bing.com is for - best to use the IP for that.
> > #########################
> > #!/bin/bash
> > # let other crontabs run 1st
> > sleep 10s;
> > # 1 ping only (in Sean Connery voice)
> > PING=`/bin/ping -c 1 204.79.197.200|/bin/grep loss`
> > NOW=`/bin/date +'%F-%H%M%S'`
> > echo "$NOW      $PING"
> > #########################
> > Then have the crontab throw it into a log file:
> > MAILTO=root
> > LOG=/var/log/internet-up.log
> > SCRIPT=/usr/local/sbin/internet-up.sh
> > */2 * * * *     root if [ -x $SCRIPT ]; then $SCRIPT >> $LOG fi
> > #########################
> >
> > Then you can grep the log file for
> > "100% packet loss"
> > and
> > "0% packet loss"
> >
> > lines to know how much downtime there is. This script is a little
> > more complex - the output from last week.  I rotate log files Sunday
> > mornings.
> > #########################
> > $ /usr/local/sbin/internet-up-summary.sh /var/log/internet-up.log.1.gz
> >    Using /var/log/internet-up.log.1.gz ...
> >    Using /tmp/internet-up.log.1
> >   ...
> >   Period 20210321-062611  - 20210328-062411
> >    Total Time: 10080 (min) 168.00 (hrs)
> >    Percent Up Time: 99.98 %
> >    Percent Down Time: 0.02 %
> >    Total Down Time: 2 min or 0.03 hrs
> >   Currently: UP
> >    Removing /tmp/internet-up.log.1
> > #########################
> >
> > Or did I miss the question?
> >
> >
> > On 3/28/21 4:21 AM, Alex Carver via Ale wrote:
> >> Would anyone (or multiple anyones) be willing to be a ping recipient
> >> for a few days?  I'm trying to determine how many times my connection
> >> drops and for approximately how long.  The plan is to record the
> >> results of a ping to each host at a rate of one per minute for a few
> >> days so I can spot any short or long duration drops.
> >>
> >> I already know it's dropping in the early morning hours because my
> >> daily speed test is failing completely.  I just want to get a higher
> >> resolution check of connection status.
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