packet loss -25% with check_ping

[Morris, Patrick]

Ah -- good point.

This has come up on the list before. I believe some versions of the
check_ping plugin had a pug that would send an extra ping.  I believe
it's been fixed in the latest plugin release. 

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> [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf 
> Of Ben O'Hara
> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 9:09 AM
> To: Morris, Patrick
> Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] packet loss -25% with check_ping
> 
> On 2/13/07, Morris, Patrick <patrick.morris at hp.com> wrote:
> 
> 	> This is the situation:
> 	> - Nagios version 1.4
> 	> - Nagios plug-in verision 1.3.1
> 	>
> 	> Performing a check_ping on a Linux RedHat Enterprise 4.0,
> 	> sometime the answer is:
> 	>
> 	> PING UNKNOWN - Packet loss = -25%, RTA = 14.00 ms
> 	>
> 	> Normally that server (like the others) answer correctly.
> 	>
> 	> Have you got any idea?
> 	
> 	You have some packet loss on your network.
> 
> 
> 
> Or is that packet generation ;-)  notice its -25% loss 
> 
> Ben 
> 
> 
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