Internet restore notification

[robhawleyemail]

Hi everyone,
At home we had a situation where the internet dropped out ( my wife was leaving for work and i was already at work) and some of my non local devices could not be controlled (Alexa wifi stuff)
is there a way when the connection is restored i can get a notification from Hubitat so i can then remotely log in to Alexa and check on things.
I am going to create a local shutdown button on my devices for the local stuff if this happens again, its just the other wifi stuff i want to check on etc
Eventually when we get another house i will be getting all zigbee stuff and using purely locally controlled gear.
Any suggestions (newb)
thanks

[sburke781]

You may want to look at @bptworld 's web pinger. I haven't used it yet myself, but intend to set it up soon.

[RELEASE] Web Pinger

[robhawleyemail]

i will give it a read, thanks very much for the quick response!

[sburke781]

I've installed it and setup an RM rule to notify me when the connection is re-established. Have also asked if a notification like this can be done through the app.

[Deprecated] Web Pinger

G'day @bptworld, Just installed the app, great work as always. One question / request... I notice you have options around switches for when the internet connections goes down and comes back up. But the notifications only appear to be for when it goes down. Is there a way to configure a notification in the app when it comes back up? Not a major issue, I've setup a simple rule using the switch I setup, but just thought it would be nice to manage it all in the app. Thanks, Simon

[robhawleyemail]

Hi,
I installed it also but was having trouble with the notification, looks like you found a work around! i will try that later tonight. It is a great app.
So you use the virtual switch that pings the web to activate a rule when it changes state?

[dadarkgtprince]

@robhawleyemail

I installed it also but was having trouble with the notification

Create a device using the Web Pinger then treat it like a Presence device. Ping something like google DNS. If it's present then you have internet, if not present then it's down.

[sburke781]

Yep, Bryan actually updated the app to include the notification when the internet comes back online, so my comment about a switch and an RM rule is now redundant, but obviously you could use this switch and a rule for other automations apart from sending a notification, if you want.

I forgot to post here or on the web pinger thread, but I had issues with the notifications coming through while the internet was offline. It could just be me... Though I did read a few threads talking about similar behaviour, including the need for an NTP device I think it was to keep the clock on the HE up to date.