Sysmon works great (http://www.sysmon.org/). You'll find it's got somewhat extended options over a simple ping, but not as in depth to set up as big brother or big sister. Khanh Tran Network Operations Sarah Lawrence College -----Original Message----- From: mabergh@boystown.com.au [mailto:mabergh@boystown.com.au] Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 6:46 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] Software/script that pings servers and alerts when down? Dear Friends, Can someone please suggest some software or a script etc. that will ping servers and send an alert message (via email) if the host is unreachable (crashed). Thanks for your help, Markus Bergh ######################################################################## ############# This e-mail message has been scanned for viruses by our email server and cleared. ######################################################################## #############