FINGscan checking internet status
Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:25 am
You need fingscan v 2022.40.97 or greater
0. open terminal
1. ping google.com and note the ip number
2. ping gmail.com and note the ip number
3. ping yahoo.com and note the ip number
4. create a fingscan device named FING-google
- select use only ping
- enter the above ip number and a fake but valid mac number (eg 11.22.33.44.55.12)
- set For ping only seconds up - down to 60 secs ( shorter numbers will be faster detecting a down state, but increases false positives, you can play with the numbers to test the best value for you)
- set For ping only seconds down - expired to 60 secs
- save,
repeat for the other 2 ip numbers, use different, unique MAC numbers!!
5. setup FING event eg # 20 and add the 3 above created devices as members, also here you can change the times, but they are not regular wait times but time windows in which a trigger can not RE-trigger
6. create trigger internetup
-
6. create trigger internetdown
Then
if internetdown triggers if all 3 devices are down/ away
if internet up triggers if number of up/home devices goes from 0 to 1
Using 2 or more internet web sites gives you a better stability agains a single web site going down to indicate your internet connection is up/down
you can also use this to detect eg weather.com up/down or cnn.com up/down or your local service provide or newspaper up/down etc
Karl
Karl
0. open terminal
1. ping google.com and note the ip number
2. ping gmail.com and note the ip number
3. ping yahoo.com and note the ip number
4. create a fingscan device named FING-google
- select use only ping
- enter the above ip number and a fake but valid mac number (eg 11.22.33.44.55.12)
- set For ping only seconds up - down to 60 secs ( shorter numbers will be faster detecting a down state, but increases false positives, you can play with the numbers to test the best value for you)
- set For ping only seconds down - expired to 60 secs
- save,
repeat for the other 2 ip numbers, use different, unique MAC numbers!!
5. setup FING event eg # 20 and add the 3 above created devices as members, also here you can change the times, but they are not regular wait times but time windows in which a trigger can not RE-trigger
6. create trigger internetup
-
6. create trigger internetdown
Then
if internetdown triggers if all 3 devices are down/ away
if internet up triggers if number of up/home devices goes from 0 to 1
Using 2 or more internet web sites gives you a better stability agains a single web site going down to indicate your internet connection is up/down
you can also use this to detect eg weather.com up/down or cnn.com up/down or your local service provide or newspaper up/down etc
Karl
Karl