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Tracking online status
This is not about tracking your status on the plethora of social networking sites, rather about checking up if our internet connection is still active!
We have been using a data connection from Reliance for quite some time, but the connection keeps failing quite frequently during summers. We wrote a script on our local servers to keep connecting us to the ISP’s servers whenever they log us out, so we thought of using that information to create a Online Status Tracker for our office. Here is what it looks like:
Not only does this provide a status, it also gives us an update on what is the latest status if the connection is being initiated, or if their login page isn’t loading (which happens quite frequently).
Having an undying internet connection would be really cool, but till Reliance decides to get that in place, all we can do is enjoy our little tools.
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