At 10:09 PM 10/26/2001 -0400, mike harrison wrote:

Now, here's a real issue, many of us probably have similiar systems that ping upstream connections and page/alert/log when there are problems. My 'watcher' could also grab a web page (checking port 80) or do other tests, but I have always assumed that the ping was the least amount of traffic easily and reliably sent to check connectivity.

Whats the best way to monitor upstream connectivity for this purpose?

Personally, I do not see anything wrong with pinging your upstream. You PAY them, they will take any and all traffic you send them (unless otherwise stated in something like an AUP). Ping away. Of course, that leaves the question as to whether your upstream can get to the rest of the world.... -- TTFN, patrick