Monitoring WAN Latency in MOM

My client tells me it costs approximately $10K per month for a T1 in many countries in South America. So much for stepping up to a broadband connection. L   We had a few days awaiting the implementation window to deploy an SNMP-based solution for monitoring network connectivity between a US company and it's parent company's offices in South America, but in the interim had to come up with a quick stop-gap measure for monitoring WAN availability and performance . So a buddy and I put together a script-based mechanism for measuring, charting and alerting on WAN performance...a Network Latency Monitor (of sorts).   This script utilizes Win32_Pingstatus object in WMI and native MOM functionality to measure, chart, and alert on availability and performance. We tried to account for a variety of scenarios including total failure and exceptionally low ping times (to facilitate accurate reporting on faster links). Here are the details:   Script Functions:  Measures the average ping response time (in milliseconds) of target host Optionally, creates a performance object to chart performance. Generates an alert when ping responses breaches a user defined threshold. Optionally, logs an event in MOM (for testing). Script Parameters:   Host - Name or IP address of target host. ResponseThreshold - Threshold (in milliseconds) above which the script generates an alert of WARNING severity. LogPerformanceData - 1 creates a performance object for charts & reporting.  0 turns this feature off GenerateEvent - 1 generates an event (for testing) 0 turns this off.   The script is available for download at momresources.org. To get a copy, click HERE   Bug reports, feedback, etc. welcome at administrator@momresources.org