Monitor packet loss with check_ping command

[Alex Dehaini]

But in this case - if there is a 20% packet loss out of 10 pings sent to a
host - will I be notified?

On 10/22/07, Giles Coochey <gcoochey at sapphire.gi> wrote:
>
>  check_ping uses the ping command.
>
>
>
> Packet Loss is considered a reply not within the timeout, this can
> typically be around 3000ms
>
>
>
> So something like:
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> ./check_ping -H $HOSTNAME$ -w 3000,20% -c 3000,50%
>
>
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> Will do what you want.
>
>
>   ------------------------------
>
> *From:* nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:
> nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] *On Behalf Of *Alex Dehaini
> *Sent:* 22 October 2007 11:29
> *To:* nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* [Nagios-users] Monitor packet loss with check_ping command
>
>
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> Can someone give me an example on how I can monitor only packet loss but
> not latency
>
> --
> Alex Dehaini
> Developer
> Site - www.alexdehaini.com
> Email - alexdehaini at gmail.com
>



-- 
Alex Dehaini
Developer
Site - www.alexdehaini.com
Email - alexdehaini at gmail.com
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