# Monitoring network connectivity by ping **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat, packetbeat, metricbeat\ **Created:** [September 26, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-network-connectivity-by-ping/250038 "2020-09-26T02:19:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pankaj0172](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58f4c7/32.png) [@pankaj0172](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pankaj0172)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-network-connectivity-by-ping/250038/1 "2020-09-26T02:19:33Z")
Hi, Can we monitor network connectivity through any beat if yes then which one should I use for it. Basically I'm trying to find at what time my machine dropped network or ping or network drop packets.. ---
**Author:** ![borna\_talebi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/borna_talebi/32/76317_2.png) [@borna\_talebi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/borna_talebi)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-network-connectivity-by-ping/250038/2 "2020-09-26T06:00:06Z")
Hi, With metricbeat you can monitor in/out traffic. something like this: ![Screenshot from 2020-09-26 09-23-42](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/5/150eddabc25b70550f84dc2507cd00fc5351e202.png) But if you want something more detailed, maybe enabling NetFlow and using NetFlow module in filebeat or packetbeat is a better option. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-network-connectivity-by-ping/250038/3 "2020-10-24T08:00:11Z")
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