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From: Adam Hardy on 14 May 2010 07:40 Merciadri Luca on 14/05/10 11:31, wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 05/13/2010 06:28 PM, Adam Hardy wrote: >>> I figure this is probably something I would have to script myself >>> because I can't find anything useful looking out there, but I thought >>> I'd ask before I try (or perhaps before I procrastinate again): >>> >>> I have a machine here at home running some 24x5 programs which I really >>> need to keep up and running, along with my broadband so it can get its >>> datafeeds. >>> >>> I figured I could run a program on my webserver to ping my home machine >>> regularly and in case it starts to slow down, lose packets or die >>> completely, it could send me an SMS to alert me to the fact. >>> >>> Is there something like this already in existence? >>> >> smsclient, ping and bash should do the trick... >> > Might not be too hard to implement, as explained by Ron. I shall look into these options. I'll obviously have to open up the ping port on my firewall. Thanks v much for the tips. Regards Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BED34C9.2000306(a)cyberspaceroad.com
From: Ron Johnson on 14 May 2010 08:00 On 05/14/2010 06:32 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: > Merciadri Luca on 14/05/10 11:31, wrote: >> Ron Johnson wrote: >>> On 05/13/2010 06:28 PM, Adam Hardy wrote: >>>> I figure this is probably something I would have to script myself >>>> because I can't find anything useful looking out there, but I thought >>>> I'd ask before I try (or perhaps before I procrastinate again): >>>> >>>> I have a machine here at home running some 24x5 programs which I really >>>> need to keep up and running, along with my broadband so it can get its >>>> datafeeds. >>>> >>>> I figured I could run a program on my webserver to ping my home machine >>>> regularly and in case it starts to slow down, lose packets or die >>>> completely, it could send me an SMS to alert me to the fact. >>>> >>>> Is there something like this already in existence? >>>> >>> smsclient, ping and bash should do the trick... >>> >> Might not be too hard to implement, as explained by Ron. > > I shall look into these options. I'll obviously have to open up the ping > port on my firewall. > Outgoing ports are randomly assigned, though, aren't they? -- Dissent is patriotic, remember? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BED39F6.8020200(a)cox.net
From: Adam Hardy on 14 May 2010 09:20 Ron Johnson on 14/05/10 12:54, wrote: > On 05/14/2010 06:32 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: >> Merciadri Luca on 14/05/10 11:31, wrote: >>> Ron Johnson wrote: >>>> On 05/13/2010 06:28 PM, Adam Hardy wrote: >>>>> I figure this is probably something I would have to script myself >>>>> because I can't find anything useful looking out there, but I thought >>>>> I'd ask before I try (or perhaps before I procrastinate again): >>>>> >>>>> I have a machine here at home running some 24x5 programs which I >>>>> really >>>>> need to keep up and running, along with my broadband so it can get its >>>>> datafeeds. >>>>> >>>>> I figured I could run a program on my webserver to ping my home >>>>> machine >>>>> regularly and in case it starts to slow down, lose packets or die >>>>> completely, it could send me an SMS to alert me to the fact. >>>>> >>>>> Is there something like this already in existence? >>>>> >>>> smsclient, ping and bash should do the trick... >>>> >>> Might not be too hard to implement, as explained by Ron. >> >> I shall look into these options. I'll obviously have to open up the ping >> port on my firewall. >> > > Outgoing ports are randomly assigned, though, aren't they? Sure. I mean on the box at home that I'm monitoring from the online server. Aaaah, just realised I don't have a fixed IP ?$*!(*)"*"!!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BED4C6A.30303(a)cyberspaceroad.com
From: Ron Johnson on 14 May 2010 09:20 On 05/14/2010 08:13 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: > Ron Johnson on 14/05/10 12:54, wrote: [snip] >> >> Outgoing ports are randomly assigned, though, aren't they? > > Sure. I mean on the box at home that I'm monitoring from the online Ah, right. Never mind... > server. Aaaah, just realised I don't have a fixed IP ?$*!(*)"*"!!! > dyndns.org? -- Dissent is patriotic, remember? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BED4D9E.4060604(a)cox.net
From: Adam Hardy on 14 May 2010 09:30
Adam Hardy on 14/05/10 14:13, wrote: > Ron Johnson on 14/05/10 12:54, wrote: >> On 05/14/2010 06:32 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: >>> Merciadri Luca on 14/05/10 11:31, wrote: >>>> Ron Johnson wrote: >>>>> On 05/13/2010 06:28 PM, Adam Hardy wrote: >>>>>> I figure this is probably something I would have to script myself >>>>>> because I can't find anything useful looking out there, but I thought >>>>>> I'd ask before I try (or perhaps before I procrastinate again): >>>>>> >>>>>> I have a machine here at home running some 24x5 programs which I >>>>>> really >>>>>> need to keep up and running, along with my broadband so it can get >>>>>> its >>>>>> datafeeds. >>>>>> >>>>>> I figured I could run a program on my webserver to ping my home >>>>>> machine >>>>>> regularly and in case it starts to slow down, lose packets or die >>>>>> completely, it could send me an SMS to alert me to the fact. >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there something like this already in existence? >>>>>> >>>>> smsclient, ping and bash should do the trick... >>>>> >>>> Might not be too hard to implement, as explained by Ron. >>> >>> I shall look into these options. I'll obviously have to open up the ping >>> port on my firewall. >>> >> >> Outgoing ports are randomly assigned, though, aren't they? > > Sure. I mean on the box at home that I'm monitoring from the online > server. Aaaah, just realised I don't have a fixed IP ?$*!(*)"*"!!! Actually the more I think about it, the more I realise that I would rather have some kind of full blooded monitoring app which lets me see stats (or even charts like ntop) of internet speed over the week, although I bet that is just dreaming. I read one thread somewhere out there about apps like cacti, zenoss and groundwork - if you know anything about such packages, then you know more about them than me: is this kind of package remotely suitable or am I barking up the wrong tree? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BED4F8D.2080007(a)cyberspaceroad.com |