R: R: packet loss -25% with check_ping

[Marco Borsani]

I have not fping installed on my HP-UX server, I use standard ping.

Others ideas?

Marco

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Michael Gale [mailto:michael.gale at pason.com] 
Inviato: mercoledì 14 febbraio 2007 19.06
A: Marco Borsani
Cc: 'Morris, Patrick'; 'Ben O'Hara'; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Oggetto: Re: [Nagios-users] R: packet loss -25% with check_ping

Hey,

Do you have fping install ?

I remember some requirement about having fping, if you are missing it maybe
that is your problem.

Michael

Marco Borsani wrote:
> I have this problem:
> 1) only with that client (I am monitoring about 300 servers)
> 2) sometime , not always
> 
> Marco
> 
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
> [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] Per conto di Morris,
> Patrick
> Inviato: martedì 13 febbraio 2007 18.52
> A: Ben O'Hara
> Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Oggetto: Re: [Nagios-users] packet loss -25% with check_ping
> 
> 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. 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net 
>> [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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