[smokeping-users] Re: Alerts

[Nipper, Arnold]

+ unreachable
type = rtt
pattern = !=U,!=U,!=U,==U,==U,==U
comment = unreachable

+ reachable
type = rtt
pattern = ==U,==U,==U,!=U,!=U,!=U
comment = reachable again


might have been more appropriate to you.


Arnold


On Monday, August 25, 2003 5:27 PM, Nipper, Arnold <arnold at nipper.de> wrote:
> How does your config look like? Look at this example:
>
> + lossdetect
> type = loss
> pattern = ==0%,==0%,==0%,>5%,>5%,>5%
> comment = dropping more than 5% packets
>
> + noloss
> type = loss
> pattern = >5%,>5%,>5%,==0%,==0%,==0%
> comment = packet loss back to normal
>
> First jumps in when packet loss is >5% 3times and had been 0% at least
> 3times before. Second just is the opposite. I only get mails when
something
> changes according to the rules above.
>
>
> Arnold
>
>
> On Monday, August 25, 2003 5:20 PM, Simon Westlake
> <simon.westlake at bizwi.rr.com> 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:
>>
>> If I set an alert to to email me when packetloss goes over 5% for 15
minutes,
>> I would like it to only email me once, unless the status changes again.
>> If router A is doing 5%> packetloss for 4 hours, I don't want to be
emailed
>> 16 times. If it does 5%> packetloss for 2 hours, then 1% packetloss for 1
>> hour, then 5%> packetloss for 4 hours, I only want to be emailed twice.
>>
>> 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.

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