Forgot to send my post to the list. Sorry. I can point you to a module, but I can point you to a software product that works for *nix and NT. Try http://bb4.com. The product is called Big Brother, and it's used on campus here at Spring Arbor University. Our sysadmin uses it, so I can't give you details, but I know it works well. Bradley M. Handy Programmer Analyst Spring Arbor University --www.arbor.edu --mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: If women don't find you handsome they should at least find you Handy. -- Steve Smith as Red Green from the Red Green Show > -----Original Message----- > From: James Kelty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: System Health Checks... > > > So I have a bunch of systems in my network that require a > monitoring system > to > test if network connectivity is there (sound familiar anyone?). So, rather > than > try some of the many programs out there for this, I, naturally, decided to > write > a cgi in perl! Woo Hoo! > > At first I thought about opening a socket to each system to test it, and > that worked > except for the NT hosts.(They weren't running the ssh service > that the *Nix > systems were). > > Then I thought about doing a ping, but I am having trouble > finding a module > for ICMP, so, > before I code a little more for ICMP, can anyone point me towards a module > that uses ICMP > with nearly the same syntax as IO::Socket has for tcp? > > Thanks. > > -James > > > James Kelty > Sr. Unix Systems Administrator > The Ashland Agency > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 541.488.0801 > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
