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Systemd service for pinging default gateway
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network-ping-gateway.service
# Save in /etc/systemd/system/network-ping-gateway.service
[Unit]
Description=Ping default network gateway service
After=network-online.target
[Service]
# Wait time if process hangs
TimeoutStopSec=1m
# Command to run
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'read _ _ gateway _ < <(ip route list match 0/0); ping -c 1 "$gateway"'
Type=simple
KillMode=process
KillSignal=SIGINT
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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network-ping-gateway.timer
# Timer which runs service
# Save in /etc/systemd/system/network-ping-gateway.timer
# Enable:
# systemctl enable /etc/systemd/system/network-ping-gateway.timer
# Start:
# systemctl start network-ping-gateway.timer
# Next run time:
# systemctl list-timers --all
[Unit]
Description=Ping network gateway timer
[Timer]
# Uptime after it's first ran
OnBootSec=1min
# Wait time for next run
OnUnitInactiveSec=1min
Unit=network-ping-gateway.service
Persistent=true
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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