Script for ping

[pgorn]

One of my servers keep losing network connection but my logs show nothing. So I need to beable to check the connection for 24 hours. I am not good at scripts. Any help
Thank you,

[Rick Garland · Accepted solution]

You can placed the following in your cron and have it execute as often as you define in cron

/usr/sbin/ping -n 5 `hostname`

Execute the ping command with count (the -n switch followed by a number for the number of pings to send) to the host in specified.

[Reshma Malusare]

Hi pgorn,
1.This command tests network connections. It verifies the LAN port is configured with the appropriate IP address.

2.The destination address is the IP address that is mapped to the MAC address. Perform this task from the PC that has the ARP table entry.

Syntax

ping

Example from Windows

ping 192.0.2.1

[pgorn]

can I put this to a file and check for timeouts.
ping hostname -n 10

[pgorn]

I need to do it server to server not my PC I know how to ping I just need to ping for 24 hours straight. So I was looking for a script.

[Reshma Malusare]

Hi Pgorn,
Ok SO you want to do it for server then please try command mentioned by Rick.
Thanks,
reshma

[pgorn]

thanks