Storago.com Content Management System

If you use an ActionTec 701G or 701WG DSL Modem, or any other Telnet-accessible device running BusyBox this tool may be useful for you. It monitors connectivity by rotating pings between six IP addresses of your choice, and when connectivity has been lost it attempts to reboot the device (or execute any command of your choice.)

Carefully follow the instructions below after downloading. The installation of this tool is a manual process.

Download ActionTec Monitor (Storago.com Pinger)

Please unzip and place the two files in an installation folder of your choice. The INI file must be edited before running. Pick six different IP addresses to ping (do not use the samples included in the INI file.) Also, fill in the host (IP Address), username and password to your DSL Modem's telnet session. Please leave the caret mark after the username and password as it is translated to a Carriage Return.

This tool comes "as-is" with no guarantees, no warranties, and no support. Good luck!

I have adjusted the tool to run in Linux under wine, where it uses TCP connections in lieu of ICMP pings since the wine's NT ICMP layer isn't fully developed.

Clicking the tray icon will hide or restore the tool. The tray icon shows a flower when there have been no problems in the last minute, a mushroom when the connection has been dead for at least a minute, and a percentage when the connection has been down for a portion of the last minute.

By rotating IP addresses, the tool minimizes the load on each recipient by pinging a given address for 60 seconds only (once every 5 seconds), then rotating randomly to a different server.

If one of the six locations dies, the tool will begin to realize this and adjust so that the remaining servers are trusted and the dead server is disqualified towards counting for your status.