Philippe Andersson wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
I have an ADSL connection to the Internet. Recently there have been some problems with my phone line, which set me thinking. Is there a standard way to make a log of my internet status (i.e. connection or no connection?) Or perhaps it's already logged and I just need to extract it?
You could try using a network monitoring tool such as Nagios (http://www.nagios.org/) or a logging and graphing tool such as rrdtool (http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/). Both are provided as RPM packages on OpenSuSE.
Thanks, I'll investigate these.
Having SNMP support on your ADSL modem/router would make the task of monitoring it easier.
and G T Smith wrote:
If you have an ADSL router they usually include a logging facility of some sort. In some cases you can configure them to send syslog messages to a linux box.
Thanks, I'd prefer a solution that didn't involve the router. A previous problem proved to be a faulty router (the current problem is the phone line) so I'd prefer a monitoring technique that doesn't involve trusting the router. But I'll see what it offers as well. Cheers, Dave -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org