check_ping problem

[Dhawal Doshy]

Hi,

Looks like an actual problem.
[root at alpha backup]# ping windchannel.com
ping: unknown host windchannel.com

Also
[root at alpha backup]# dig @ns1.windchannel.com. 
tap-5300h.2wachovia.nc.windchannel.com A

; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> @ns1.windchannel.com. 
tap-5300h.2wachovia.nc.windchannel.com A
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 65192
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;tap-5300h.2wachovia.nc.windchannel.com.        IN A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
windchannel.com.        10800   IN      SOA     ns1.windchannel.com. 
root.windchannel.com. 2004041468 10800 3600 604800 10800

;; Query time: 359 msec
;; SERVER: 63.144.4.226#53(ns1.windchannel.com.)
;; WHEN: Thu Jul 22 12:54:05 2004
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 101

I suggest that you first check your DNS..

- dhawal

(oops.. I am root)

Robert Nelson wrote:

>I found a problem with check_ping and domain names that it doesn't like. To the best of my knowledge, the following is not a problem DNS record:
>
>[root at BAMBAM libexec]# ./check_ping -H tap-5300h.2wachovia.nc.windchannel.com -w 100,10%% -c 100,10%%
>check_ping: Invalid host name/address - tap-5300h.2wachovia.nc.windchannel.com
>
>
>If I take out the "2" then I get:
>
>[root at BAMBAM libexec]# ./check_ping -H tap-5300h.wachovia.nc.windchannel.com -w 100,10%% -c 100,10%%
>PING CRITICAL - Host not found (tap-5300h.wachovia.nc.windchannel.com)
>
>Am I doing something wrong, or is this an actual problem? Thanks.
>
>Rob Nelson
>rnelson at windchannel.com
>
>
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