If you have a need to test that a link is stable between servers
e.g. between an MBG and a Micollab
you can use his command to log the results of the ping command to a log file
ping -i 5 10.150.0.5 | xargs -L 1 -I '{}' date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S: {}' > test.txt
It also adds the time and date of the ping to every line which is needed if you need to check what happened at a certain time.
Output example:
I use the “screen” command to leave this running with out the need to stay connected with the console.
You can use “tail -F filename” to watch the file filling up and current ping times