dfiworld — Fri, 15 Feb 2002 18:29:54 +0000

I got it workin check it out ff-an.com

Wil — Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:29:46 +0000

Hi,

I've used the following in the past. Light, freeware and seems to work OK. Although written in Perl, no workig knowledge needed to operate - outputs data to HTML or EMail.

http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/1019.html

Hope this helps.

Another Option You May Consider

tazman — Thu, 14 Feb 2002 09:31:27 +0000

You asked for a unix based routine to do this, but I would suggest an alternative. I use a great piece of software called IPSentry. It is a windows based utility with a host of abilities.

The software allows you to be alerted to any problems by email, audible alert, pager, etc.

This software also allows you to not only check the server for a ping, but also lets you check specific ports and services. Your server may still return a ping, but that doesnt mean the ftp or http services are running. I also use the utility to check my T1, my routers, etc.

I actually run the software on both an internal machine with local network access, and an external machine that allows me to check my servers from the outside world's perspective. Just because your server is responding in-house doesnt mean that your network/firewalls, etc are allowing the world to get access to your open systems.

The url for the software is http://www.ipsentry.com/

I find this utility invaluable.

mairving — Thu, 14 Feb 2002 01:03:27 +0000

Off the top of my head, you could probably build an shell script that would ping the remote server. Then stick this into a cron job and have it run as often as you want. I suppose then that you could output the results to email. It might be a little messy if the cron jobs get hung up.