Tool to check network connectivity

[Steven Schweda]

> There are multiple scripts [...]

A Forum search for keywords like, say:
ping script
might find several things, too.

Personally, I find "ping" scripts less useful
than (slightly) more complex scripts which
test actual functionality. For example, if I
wanted to know if an FTP or Web server on
some system were working, then I would use a
program like wget to fetch an actual file or
Web page from that server. If some such
_real_ task failed, _then_ I might run a
"ping" test, but it would not be my primary
test method.

Why are you running these "multiple servers"?
Are they supposed to do some actual work, or
are they there only to respond to ICMP echo
requests? Why are you testing them?

I've seen many systems which were hung in
some horrible ways, where the only thing they
could do was respond to "ping". If "ping"
response is what you really care about, then
test with "ping". If something else is what
you really care about, then it might make
more sense to test with something else.

[Chandrahasa s]

Hi,
As i said we have no. of servers if any server goes down we should get alert saying that server is down.
We have rsp confgured but still we want alternate way also.

Chandra

[Bhadresh · Accepted solution]

>As i said we have no. of servers if any server goes down we should get alert saying that server is down.

There are multiple scripts given in following thread to which sends alert saying that server is down. Please have a look at the thread:
http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?&threadId=960333

Regards,
Bhadresh

[Chandrahasa s]

Thanks to all,

Chandra