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    How to allow WAN connexion monitoring ?

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      Elrick75
      last edited by Elrick75

      Hi to all

      I want to monitor the status of my internet connection.
      I would like to use the UpTimeRobot service which allows me to check remotely that the IP of my ISP is still available.
      As I can't ping for security reasons, I wanted to know if I could open a specific port that would allow me to do this test?
      If so, how can I do it?

      Here is what UpTimeRobot allows.

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      Best Regards.

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        DaddyGo
        last edited by DaddyGo

        @elrick75 said in How to allow WAN connexion monitoring ?:

        I want to monitor the status of my internet connection.
        I would like to use the UpTimeRobot service

        Hi,

        This is definitely a security risk in my reading, because it is a third party service.

        1. We do not open a port on a firewall only when it is very necessary ๐Ÿ˜‰
        2. Your PING theory is correct ๐Ÿ˜‰

        I would do something like this to keep control in my hands:

        The first step is an external VPS, I use this because it is problem free for the purpose (price / value ratio is the best):
        https://www.ssdnodes.com/pricing/

        Then, I suggest this step by step, this solution know more than which you want to achieve:

        https://forum.netgate.com/topic/154957/integrating-pfsense-with-kibana/3?_=1616681039265
        https://forum.netgate.com/topic/152132/grafana-dashboard-using-telegraf-with-additional-plugins
        https://github.com/VictorRobellini/pfSense-Dashboard

        This way you can monitor a lot of parameters and send as many notifications (ALARM) to yourself as you are not ashamed of. ๐Ÿ˜‰

        +++edit:
        Yeah and in that case only you will know when you are UP.
        Because by the way, for this (your WAN(s) UP state + ISP IP + ports + https) no one has anything to do with it...

        Cats bury it so they can't see it!
        (You know what I mean if you have a cat)

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