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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Jun 24, 2005 - 06:08 PM

  Has anyone by any chance come across a module that when configured correctly will ping a game server and report back if it is currently up or down?
  
  For instance when it pings the server it will show us as *Server Name* Status:Ok (OK will be in green) or *Server Name* Status:Down (Down will be in red), Or even it it uses icons for up and down it doesn't matter.
  
  I don't know the first thing about programming PHP or postnuke blocks/modules or I would do it my self, I have tried making blocks in the past as well as trying out making modules, let's just say I should stick with the day job lol.
  
  If there is no such module but someone can type up some quick code for a block that I can just copy and paste, plug in the server address and let it go to work that would be a big help.
  
  I tried to find similer blocks and modules on this site already but no luck via searching under "ping server status" or "server status". I would also like the ping times to be aobut every 10 min as I don't want to kill the servers with pings.
  
  I hope someone can help me on this, I tried doing it via HTML but my knowledge in that is very limited as well and could not get the code to even work a little, I'm on the virge of giving up
  
  The display layout would look like:
  
  *Server Name*
  Status: Ok/Down (Ok is Green, Down is Red)
  
  Thanks in advance for anyone who can help me out with this problem :)

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Jun 25, 2005 - 04:17 AM

  A better way of doing this is to query the GameSpy port. That will report if a server is up or not. Pinging an IP only tells you if the box is up.
  
  There is a module that reports info on certain game servers. Look on the forums.
  
  Good Luck....
  
  Atomm Nihilo
  GamersRadio.com

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Jun 25, 2005 - 01:19 PM

  GamersRadio

  A better way of doing this is to query the GameSpy port. That will report if a server is up or not. Pinging an IP only tells you if the box is up.
  
  There is a module that reports info on certain game servers. Look on the forums.
  
  Good Luck....
  
  Atomm Nihilo
  GamersRadio.com

  
  
  Ok thanks for the help I don't know if this will work or not as this is not a gamespy supported game, it is for Ultime Online and World Of Warcraft servers, they are run by OSI/Origin/EA and Blizzard.
  
  I'll see if I can modify the script wish me luck :) Is there a default port that I should be querying like a special query port?

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Jun 26, 2005 - 02:47 AM

  I just discovered some code that will do this for GameSpy ports. I was about to offer it to you when I read your reply.
  
  Use google to see if you can find some existing code. From there, you can call it via a block fairly easily.
  
  I know there use to be a desktop tool that polled all the UO servers. I bet there is some PHP somewhere to do the same.
  
  Wish I could offer more help.
  
  Atomm Nihilo
  GamersRadio.com

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