How to install Net::Ping perl module?-Needed for a ISP connection monitor script

[CaseyE]

Hello,

I've been having trouble with my internet lately.  It seems to randomly go down or get very slow.  I'm trying to discern whether this is my cable modem/ISP or my pfSense box.

I downloaded this utility to monitor my internet connection http://aaron.marasco.com/linux.html#net-check , and I would like to install it on my PF box.  I got perl installed using this command:

# pkg_add -v -r perl

but I'm having trouble installing Net::Ping, which the documentation says is required.

cpan[2]> install Net::Ping
Running install for module 'Net::Ping'
Running make for S/SM/SMPETERS/Net-Ping-2.36.tar.gz
  Has already been unwrapped into directory /root/.cpan/build/Net-Ping-2.36-erYwTW
Could not make: Unknown error
Warning (usually harmless): 'YAML' not installed, will not store persistent state
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  Make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

cpan[3]>

Can anyone help me?  What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

[jimp]

Make is not included in pfSense, so you would need to install a binary package and not use CPAN.

Try this:

pkg_add -r p5-Net-Ping

[jimp]

@jimp:

Make is not included in pfSense, so you would need to install a binary package and not use CPAN.

Try this:

pkg_add -r p5-Net-Ping

Though you really could just check Status > RRD Graphs, and the Quality tab. It already pings your gateway every second. You can change the IP that it monitors/graphs also.

[CaseyE]

Thank your for the suggestions.  I think the Status > RRD Graphs will be fine for my needs.

My quality graph (attached) shows some packet loss over the last month 1-hr average graph (Avg: 0.1% and Max: 7.4%).  Do you think this is the slowness/timeouts I'm noticing while surfing the web?

Also, where do I go to change the IP address that gets pinged?  I would have assumed Status > RRD Graphs > Settings but I don't see anything like that under the tab.  I'm using pfSense 1.2.3, not the 2.0 build yet.

[jimp]

that could definitely cause some issues, but it looks like it's just enough to be annoying.

Here is how to change the monitor IP, it's not in the GUI:
http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Using_an_alternate_monitor_IP_for_quality_graphs