check_ping necessary?

[Ambrose]

I am using check_ping for my dsl router and hub. This way it shows up in 
the "Service Detail" of the http frontend.

I might be doing this "incorrectly" - but it shows me if it pings the 
devices or if they're down.

 - Ambrose


On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Don Schultz wrote:

> This may be a really stupid question but I'm going for it anyways ;)
> 
> Is it necessary to define a "ping" service for hosts? If you do not,
> aren't they still pinged with the check-host-alive command or are they
> just assumed to be up by the nagios process? 
> 
> If I'm thinking correctly, then the only way to get notification of a
> host being "down" is to include it in a ping service definition correct?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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