Ron Wellsted spoo'd forth: > Or use the line: > "* * * * * /bin/ping -c 1 serveronlan 2>&1 >/dev/null" > in root's crontab. This will ping once every minute. Why not ping -i 60 serveronlan? Aq. -- "Wow," Villig said on re-entry. "It's all still here. The sky, the earth, all that stuff. Cool. And no snakes." -- Michael Marshall Smith, "Only Forward"