----- Original Message ----- From: "Jaschar Otto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 9:34 AM Subject: RE: RE: Check if webserver is online
> >Howdy, > > > >> i own a webserver and i have site on my > >> own PC. I want that the visitors on my > >> server website are able to see if my local PC > >> is online. I've got linux,apache and ISDN on > >> my own PC and i use a dyn dns tool so the > >> IP is not the problem (i've got a > >> somename.no-ip.com) adress. > >> > >> I want i.e. a small image displayed on my > >> server website that tells me if this adress > >> is reachable or not. the website is a single > >> perl script so implementation is no problem > >> but it should be as fast as possible. > >> > >> Any suggestions ? > > > >On server have a script that calls another script on your home machine via LWP. > >If it gets reply back display "I'm up and running" image > >If not reply then display "I'm asleep now" image. > > > >HTH > > > >Dmuey > > > Sorry, I don't like those 'two-scripts' solutions, > i'd rather prefer something like 'ping' but i don't > really know how to do that. I will try around with > your suggestion but it's not really what i want. You are right ping is the best way to know if the machine is connected to the network. Search for ICMP on cpan Mark G > -- > 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]