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Network Tools is one I've used for basic monitoring like if a site is live. If you're really ambitious, there's aNag which is a Nagios/Icinga client (there are others, this is simply the one I have experience with).
I use Network Tools which works really well and you can set up automatic checks: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ua.cv.westward.networktools