Re: [cobalt-users] Script for pinging multiple sites

[Chris Adams <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>There is a free service at this url
>I use it... It pings once an hr and sends me an e-mail when a site is down....
>http://netwhistle.com/cgi-bin/res.cgi?bagpipes
>
>Another good thing the service does not need a cgi script....

In a similar vein, http://uptime.arsdigita.com will monitor a given URL and 
verify that it returns "success". If your needs are more advanced, it's 
probably time to install something like sysmon (http://www.sysmon.org/) which 
will also let you check a bunch of other services (e.g. mail, ftp) and is 
flexible enough that you can get a single page if multiple services on a server 
drop, avoiding the problems where a downed router causes the admin's pager to 
do a slot-machine impression.
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# Chris Adams <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  (619)237-5552
# Technology Integration Specialist, Digitaria LLC