Re: Device support for a simple network ping

[Phillip Sorensen <pas37@cornell.edu>]

On 7/2/2014 12:09 PM, J. Lewis Muir wrote:
> On 7/2/14, 10:58 AM, Phillip Sorensen wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Does anyone out there have device support for issuing a ping to a
> > network device or a block of network devices.
>
> Hi, Phil.
>
> Why do you want this?
>
> If you're trying to monitor whether a network device is up, there may
> be some solutions out there, but they may or may not use an actual ICMP
> echo request.  See this Tech-Talk thread:
>
>    http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/tech-talk/2014/msg00324.php
>
> Lewis
The initial use is seeing that a network device such as an 
ethernet-to-serial converter or a network switch is on the network to 
give a "useful" alarm condition that points to directly to the problem 
instead of needing to know that if there is an error for some group of 
devices, it is probably this device.  I might also want to disable all 
records use a device that is not working to reduce Alarms and error 
messages.

I am open to other suggestions, if you have them.

Phil