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| author |  Christian Hesse <mail@eworm.de> | 2021-06-21 09:15:05 +0200 |
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| committer | Christian Hesse <mail@eworm.de> | 2021-06-21 09:15:05 +0200 |
| commit | c0b954abbb67ef4b1d66cce47984b7bdfda8b2c7 (patch) | |
| tree | 8ddee78c0e78e01cdd6ccd4feb89d1adb8d40c47 | |
| parent | bad6f5a7cc1cf1fe442f66ff1399591236af8efc (diff) | |
doc/netwatch-notify: hint on checking internet connectivity
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diff --git a/doc/netwatch-notify.md b/doc/netwatch-notify.md index 52e4792..7f61d88 100644 --- a/doc/netwatch-notify.md +++ b/doc/netwatch-notify.md @@ -80,6 +80,20 @@ make `netwatch-notify` check for that by adding several items with same / tool netwatch add comment="notify, hostname=service, count=10" host=10.0.0.10; / tool netwatch add comment="notify, hostname=service, count=10" host=10.0.0.20; +### Checking internet connectivity + +Sometimes you can not check your gateway for internet connectivity, for +example when it does not respond to pings or has a dynamic address. You could +check `1.1.1.1` (Cloudflare DNS), `9.9.9.9` (Quad-nine DNS), `8.8.8.8` +(Google DNS) or any other reliable address that indicates internet +connectivity. + + / tool netwatch add comment="notify, hostname=internet" host=1.1.1.1; + +A target like this suits well to be parent for other checks. + + / tool netwatch add comment="notify, hostname=example.com, parent=internet" host=93.184.216.34; + --- [◀ Go back to main README](../README.md) [▲ Go back to top](#top) |