[ale] Ping support

[Jim Kinney]

Yahoo.com still pings. Also ping your next hop up from your house.

On March 28, 2021 2:34:39 PM EDT, 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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