Weird issue with check_ping

[Sean McAfee]

Kevin Keane wrote:
> I've seen this happen when ping returned an error. In my case, it was 
> actually ping6 because it had a bad IPv6 address configured.
> 
> Since it's intermittent in your case, most likely the root cause is 
> something else, but ping is still returning an error. If I had to 
> venture a guess, maybe it's "destination unreachable" - which would 
> indicate a real problem in your network. If 10.1.1.1 is on a different 
> subnet, it would be a routing issue. If it's on the same subnet, it's 
> probably an ARP resolution issue.

I've seen this behavior as well, but when the hostname lookup fails.


-- 
Sean McAfee
System Engineer

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