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Basically, I just need a simple app that frequently pings external IP Addresses and web addresses to make sure the sites are up. Does anyone know of a good one of these?

I started to make one myself, but wanted to know if someone else has already done the work.

It just needs to track multiple external addresses with the status codes returned, at potentially different intervals.

I did see this post on "How do you monitor the availability of multiple websites", but it seems a little bit like overkill for what I need. I need a KISS app! Thanks!

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John B
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  • why dont you use a service like pingdom.com? They also notify you if your service is down. – Alec Smart Sep 14 '09 at 14:38
  • else, you can write a simple php script, which runs on your server, and pings and sees output and emails/smses you then. should take you about 2 minutes. – Alec Smart Sep 14 '09 at 14:39
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    What OS are you on? This seems something that could be done with a little script calling curl. – Pete Kirkham Sep 14 '09 at 15:06
  • pingdom.com costs money, and I only need to know if the site is up or not. Nothing fancy. Sorry! – John B Sep 14 '09 at 15:33
  • I'm on windows, and I wrote a little app to do 1 site at a time, but I was wondering if there something a little more robust that would handle multiple sites, save the list, and use a tray icon with notifications when things aren't working. I literally don't need ANY tracking, graphing, trending or anything. Just "up" or "down" – John B Sep 14 '09 at 15:34

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I'm not sure if this fits your needs but http://aremysitesup.com/
May be a simple way to go.

The free version supports up to five sites.

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  • That looks pretty good, but I would prefer something free. Something I can easily run from my server or workstation. – John B Sep 14 '09 at 14:52
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This can be done with Cacti which is a great app. See:

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  • Again, I think this is way overkill. I need a PHP web server to use this thing! I'm sure it's great, but I want a KISS app that my dog could use. – John B Sep 14 '09 at 15:25
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Ok, second attempt. What about Website Monitor (seen in this list: Monitor and Check Web Site or Server Uptime and Availability for Free)? Your dog should be able to use it.

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Unless you are the network admin of those sites it is a colossal waste of resources, what I call ping-then-do.

Ping-then-do

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use command prompt if you are on a windows system. type in : 

ping (website host name)

and then press enter, it will ping the website and give you the time that the website took to respond as well as the TTL

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