[smokeping-users] Re: Alerts

[Tobias Oetiker]

Today Simon Westlake wrote:

> Smokeping question:
>
> I turned on the alerts, but it seems to notify me everytime the
> event happens. What I would like it to do is only notify me if
> the status changes.
>
> For example:
>
[...]
> Is there any way to do this? Right now, I am using the alerts to
> monitor 1200 devices, and if someone unplugs their modem/router
> for a day, I start getting spammed.

the trick is to make your alert pattern match the start of the
event eg:

loss < 1%, loss > 10%

this will only match when the loss begins ...

this is the very cool featuere of smokeping ... alert patterns ...

cheers
tobi

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