script to monitor internet connection

[Brian John]

this is dsl.  Sorry, I should have specified that in the beginning. 
Periodically my dsl modem will lose it's signal, I want to see just how
often this is happening.


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> what is this, dsl, cable, dialup modem?
>
> Ted
>
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> >From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Brian John
> >Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 5:23 AM
> >To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >Subject: script to monitor internet connection
> >
> >
> >Hello,
> >I would like to write a script to monitor my internet
> >connection status.
> >My home connection goes down fairly often and I would like to
> >get an idea
> >for just how often it goes down and if possible how long it
> >goes down for.
> > Could someone help me write a script that will check my
> >connection to the
> >internet and log whenever it goes down and possibly how long it
> >goes down
> >for?  I want to have some evidence to give to my ISP that my
> >connection is
> >going down.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >/Brian
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