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remote ping heartbeat for server uptime

  • 30-06-2009 11:49am
    #1
    Synkro
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Hope you can help. I have a remote server connected to the web via a 3G broadband router. The router is set to auto persist the connection, however because it is a vodafone service all inbound communication/ports to the router are blocked at network level. I am currently using logmein service to control the pc remotely - windows remote desktop will not work cos of the blocked inbound comms.

    What i am trying to do is monitor the uptime of the connection and perhaps also the speed of the connection remotely. [- If the 3G service allowed inbound comms then this would be easy - just ping the server or run a simple web host and check it regularly.]

    What i have done so far is run a simply ping command scheduled by windows scheduling app. every 10 mins the following cmd is executed...

    ping www.google.ie -n 100 >>c:\ping.txt

    that ties a 100 pings to google.ie and appended output to ping.txt

    then after this is completed I use another scheduled cmd to ftp it to my local server, where i can import it into excel and graph uptime and connection latency.

    I am looking for a program to replace all that. A simple service that sits on the pc (winxp) and pings like a heartbeat to a web service... then I could log into that service and see a nice graph of connectivity (or have it emailed to me periodically)


    Any ideas or thoughts?

    Cheers


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  • #2
    JonathanAnon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,718 ✭✭✭✭JonathanAnon


    pingplotter does some but not all of these. It's free though.

    http://www.pingplotter.com/

    To be honest I think you're time would probably be better spent trying to get better connectivity. Have you tried putting the router in different spots in the house til you find out which direction the signal is strongest from?


  • #3
    Synkro
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭Synkro


    cheers for the tip. The ping script is working out pretty well now, have had it going for over a week its pretty stable. have used ping plotter before its a pretty neat app.


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