Re: Anyone written CL based "ping" checks ?

Steve,

Timing is EVERYTHING eh ? :-)

I am hearing the *ESCAPE it THE deal to make this work the way you really want
and I've also found out I don't have this because I am STILL (ducking) on 
V4R1...

Thanks !

Chuck

Steve Cotes wrote:

> Chuck,
>
> funny you should ask.
> I just wrote one last week.
>
> I assume by ping check, you mean a program that monitors
> an interface and reports when it goes down.
>
> When you do the Ping set MSGMODE to *ESCAPE then monitor
> for TCP3210. I also set my MSGMODE to *QUIET to keep the joblog
> smaller. You should also be able reduce the packet size to 56 bytes
> and the number of packets to something less than the default 5 to
> minimize network impact.
>
> The one I wrote is meant to monitor a remote router interface
> and dials up a PPP line when it detects a failure.
>
> This week I'm going to add in the dialup disconnect when the
> interface comes back up.
>
> Let me know if you'd like to know more.
>
>  - steve cotes
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Lewis [mailto:clewis@iquest.net]
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 7:19 AM
> To: Midrange-L List
> Subject: Anyone written CL based "ping" checks ?
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> Just wondering if anyone had written any CL based "ping" checks that
> they would want to share ? OR any good ideas on how to do this ?
>
> I started to do this but of course instantly ran up against the fact
> that this information is written to the "job log" and haven't started
> digging into how to get at that with the lack of an output parameter on
> the PING command...
>
> Thanks !
>
> Chuck
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