Re: ping_test

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sun, 2014-05-04 at 08:05 +0200, Hylke Postma wrote:
> This is a feature that I personally miss in NetworkManager but I think
> others might too. Frequently it thinks you're connected but you don't
> have internet, and reloading the connection fixes the problem. It would
> be nice if there were an option to have the program automatically reload
> all active connections when an automatic ping or series of pings to a
> site of choice, which could be a URL to test the DNS, fails. Could you
> add such a feature in a later version of NetworkManager, or do you
> happen to know of another program which can work with NetworkManager
> that does this? Thank you.

It could be done with dispatcher scripts, or with a different monitor
service.  NetworkManager 0.9.8+ do have a configurable "connectivity
checking" feature that could be used for this too, if you have something
using D-Bus to watch the "connectivity" property.

This idea is something that could pretty easily be implemented as an
example dispatcher script that spawns a small python program to monitor
connectivity.  Any takers?

Dan