Re: Is there an easy way to monitor for Internet failures? -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Is there an easy way to monitor for Internet failures?
From: Jason Aleski <jason.aleski@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:48:48 -0600
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You might use something like PRTG. It's free up to 100 "sensors" and can run from a Windows server/workstation. I have used it in the past to monitor services and make sure certain ports are open. It can do service level checks and not just pings.

-JA-

Jason Aleski / IT Specialist

On 11/23/2015 9:34 AM, Steinmetz, Paul wrote:

For security reasons, ping is usually shut off and not available.

Paul

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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Luis Rodriguez
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 10:25 AM
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Subject: Re: Is there an easy way to monitor for Internet failures?

Could you write a small program that periodically "pings" each IP and check its status?

Regards,

Luis

Luis Rodriguez

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