I'm looking for a tool that I can use to monitor my ping time to a gaming server in real time. I've been getting lag spikes and want to watch where they are happening, how often, etc. I'm very new to Ubuntu and Linux so any help is great. thank you
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Try the mtr (or mtr-tiny) package, it contains the mtr command that continually displays in a terminal the routes and the latest ping times on each router:
. Packets Pings
Host Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1. 128.199.32.253 0.0% 58 0.3 3.6 0.3 19.8 5.2
2. 138.197.250.78 0.0% 58 0.3 1.1 0.3 22.9 3.3
3. adm-b1-link.telia.net 0.0% 57 0.8 0.7 0.4 1.0 0.0
4. adm-bb4-link.telia.net 0.0% 57 79.7 80.4 79.6 88.2 1.5
5. ldn-bb4-link.telia.net 0.0% 57 80.7 78.5 77.3 88.8 2.2
6. ldn-b4-link.telia.net 0.0% 57 7.8 8.3 7.3 22.3 2.0
7. ldn-bb3-link.telia.net 0.0% 57 112.2 113.3 112.1 145.0 4.6
8. prs-bb3-link.telia.net 0.0% 57 94.2 94.4 94.1 95.8 0.2
9. ash-bb4-link.telia.net 0.0% 57 94.9 94.7 94.3 97.0 0.5
10. ash-b1-link.telia.net 0.0% 57 94.5 94.4 94.2 94.7 0.0
11. tp-brdrbtr-02.bwi.tierpoint.net 0.0% 57 96.6 96.7 96.5 97.0 0.0
12. te-0-0-2-2.tp-bwi-core-rtr-01.bwi.opsmgmt.net 0.0% 57 96.6 96.5 96.4 96.6 0.0
13. 40.142.52.27 0.0% 57 97.4 97.4 97.2 97.8 0.0
14. 144-202-157-173.baltimoretechnologypark.com 0.0% 57 99.1 99.0 98.9 100.1 0.1
15. 144-202-238-253.baltimoretechnologypark.com 0.0% 57 98.8 98.8 98.8 99.0 0.0
16. ssd20-md.privatesystems.net 0.0% 57 96.9 96.9 96.9 97.1 0.0
17. host.gimpchat.com 0.0% 57 97.0 96.9 96.8 99.7 0.3
You're probably looking for something like smokeping.
There's several ways of having it run, here's one.
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2Hi @SYN, note that while that link:olivermarshall.net/install-smokeping-on-ubuntu-14-04 might provide the relevant information, links can get taken down at any moment, maybe you should edit your answer to include the important information from that link? Nov 12, 2016 at 23:03
You can also create a log file.
#!/bin/bash
# Ubuntu_Mate 18.04 LTS
#-----------------------------------
# Check internet connection every minute or at a set interval
# and create log file
# If connection is not present, ping will show 100% packet loss
#--- 47.182.239.232 ping statistics ---
#1 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 0ms
#-----------------------------------
while true; do
date >> Internet_Connection_Log.txt
echo >> Internet_Connection_Log.txt
ping yahoo.com -c 1 >> Internet_Connection_Log.txt
echo >> Internet_Connection_Log.txt
sleep 60
done
You don't need a special application to do what you want.
Just open a terminal window from the Unity launcher, then in that window, type ping followed by the name of the site you wish to monitor.
Example: ping www.ebay.com
Use a control-c to stop the pings.
note: pings will not tell you where the problem is, just when the problem occurs.
answered Nov 13, 2016 at 1:07
