Manjaro Pinging ping.manjaro.org

[ThommoMC]

Hi I installed Pi-hole on the a raspberry Pi a few days ago and I noticed that my computer was pinging ping.manjaro.org and I’m wondering if this is some kind of data collection as it is pinging quite often when the system is online. Can someone please explain what it is and what’s it’s doing?

[kerry_s]

it’s checking for network connection.
no info is sent.

[ThommoMC]

Thanks for letting me know.

[Yochanan]

For reference, see NetworkManager - ArchWiki

❯ cat /usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/20-connectivity.conf
[connectivity]
uri=http://ping.manjaro.org/check_network_status.txt

[stargazer]

Is man pacman-mirrors correct, too?

NETWORK CONNECTION
To be able to download the latest status file from repo.manjaro.org pacman-mirrors verifies network connection by opening up to three different websites. These sites are

   1. wikipedia.org

   2. github.com

   3. bitbucket.org

   The sites are chosen due to their generic nature and general availability.