[Klug-general] How to monitor up/down times?

[Sharon Kimble]

On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:17:22 +0000
Laurence Southon <laurence at southon.uk.net> wrote:

> On 12/11/13 18:33, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> > How can I monitor the uptime and the downtime of the connection
> > please
> 
> Smokeping. There is a Debian package available.
> 
> Set a few targets outside, including your ISP's gateway and you will
> have graphs showing the state of your connection.
> 
> 
Thanks Laurence, but this seems to be slightly over-kill for just one
standalone computer, and one standalone router, no network at all
really. If monitoring the syslog of the router doesn't give me the
information that I require, then I might well try smokeping out. 

Thanks
Sharon.
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