check-host-alive doesn't work for 2 devices

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Hi,
I have the following host definitions in my hosts.cfg and for some reason it
maintains a PENDING status for these 2 hosts while it has worked perfectly
for the other 17 host definitions I have in hosts.cfg. I cut and pasted the
definitions from working ones to minimise syntax error.
# 'esr1' host definition
define host{
        use                     generic-host            ; Name of host
template to use

        host_name               esr1
        alias                   Marconi ESR Layer 3 switch
        address                 172.16.8.5
        check_command           check-host-alive
        max_check_attempts      10
        notification_interval   120
        notification_period     24x7
        notification_options    d,u,r
        }

I did a
nagios:/usr/local/nagios/etc# ../libexec/check_ping -H 172.16.8.5 -w
3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -p 5
PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 0.30 ms

for the hosts in question and it obviously works.
The hosts are switches as noted above - that shouldn't make any difference,
right?

any ideas?

Paraic
www.host.ie



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