check_ping won't timeout

[Thomas Stocking]

Chris,
I would use check_fping. It's faster, and seems less prone to this sort of
thing.
	Thomas

Thomas Stocking, GCIA, GCIH
Captech Partners
thomas at captech.com
http://www.captech.com
(415) 507-9267

Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 14:46:21 -0500
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
From: Chris Brown <chris at in-motion.net>
Subject: [Nagios-users] check_ping won't timeout

I have about 100 check_ping commands in my nagios configuration.


When I remove the ethernet cable from one of my hosts that it is trying to
"check_ping",
the nagios system hangs and waits for that ping to timeout.

When I do some investigation, the command it is executing is:
	/bin/ping -n -U -c 5 10.1.1.1
In other words, on RedHat, the -c parameter in ping waits for the count.
How can I modify this command to use -w instead of -c ?
The only thing I can see that I can modify is the check_ping command
parameters, not the command it is actually executing.

Or, how can I make it timeout correctly?

Thank you,
Chris Brown
chris at in-motion.net



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