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Timeline for Internet connection drop alert

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Aug 18, 2016 at 11:44 comment added Ray Foss It seems this will execute ping an unlimited number of times per second if it responds immediately, such as when the ethernet loses power. sleep 1 is enough to prevent this.
Jun 9, 2014 at 5:57 comment added Nidal @slm, Thanks for your editing, I was confused how to make ping last only for one second
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Jun 9, 2014 at 0:47 comment added slm This will work, but you might want to consider using fing instead of ping. The ping cmd. can take a bit to fail when it isn't successful. The fing command on the otherhand will fail within 1 second. See my A to this Q&A for more: How to redirect the output of any command?. I show both using ping and fing.
Jun 8, 2014 at 22:51 history edited Nidal CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jun 8, 2014 at 22:46 history answered Nidal CC BY-SA 3.0