Our home broadband (TWC/RoadRunner/San Diego) intermittently drops out for minutes at a time. In WinXP, I had a logger that would ping one or more sites (e.g. Yahoo.com), log the ping times, and display the data in an interactive graph. This was very useful in showing the ISP tech (I didn't know about Shibboleet then).

The problem is still unsolved after two visits, but now I'm using Ubuntu 10.04. I'm looking for a similar tool. I'm a Linux newb (i.e. "just write a script" isn't helpful at this point), so I'm hoping for something user-friendly with a GUI.

Can anyone recommend a Linux utility that...

  • Logs ping times
  • Displays results graphically
  • Doesn't require advanced Linux skills to set up

Thanks.

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I run Cacti with a template for it called SmokePing. It is fantastic for showing the link, and latency on the link. I have rural wireless, and have latency all over the map.

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