On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 03:30:09PM -0700, Shawn Badger wrote:
> I was wondering if anybody knows of website that will allow you to ping
> and do wgets every couple seconds to verify your Internet connectivity?
> I have thought about just polling some of my favorite sites every couple
> seconds, but then I thought, they may not appreciate that kind of
> traffic and may block my request. Does anybody know if say google or /.
> blocks IP's for this reason and if there is a service out there that
> specifically allows for this kind of test?
You could probably hit a high bandwidth site/service like Google and
they wouldn't even notice. But I wonder what you're up to, because it
seems excessive for not having something specific that you need to ping.
Trying to gather availability evidence against Cox or Qwest? ;)
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Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group
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