monitoring internet connection - up or down

[samuka]

I want to monitor internet connection. Sample. Ping in www.google.com
but I do'nt want create new host in my zabbix.

it is possible?


sorry my bad english again, tks.

[tapto]

check service

Guess one way of doing this is to check for a service on internet:

net.tcp.service[http,X.X.X.X]

where X.X.X.X is the ip adress on internet for a service
you want to check.

Hope this helps ?

[samuka]

Ok. Perfect. I create item in standalone_t host. but trigger?