check_ping strange behavior with google

[Travis Runyard]

The check_ping Nagios plugin does not ping hostnames, only IP addresses.

-Travis

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Cosmin Neagu <cosmin.neagu at omnilogic.ro>wrote:

> Hi nagios users,
>
> Starting from yesterday, check_ping is behaving strange for a single host.
> When giving -H parameter as www.google.ro it gives CRITICAL - Network
> Unreachable
> But when giving -H parameter as IP address it is working. I have checked
> and there are no DNS issues
>
>
> nagios at mon2:/usr/local/nagios/libexec$ ./check_ping -H 173.194.35.159 -w
> 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100%
> PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 46.97
> ms|rta=46.971001ms;3000.000000;5000.000000;0.000000 pl=0%;80;100;0
> nagios at mon2:/usr/local/nagios/libexec$ ./check_ping -H www.google.ro -w
> 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100%
> CRITICAL - Network Unreachable (www.google.ro)
> nagios at mon2:/usr/local/nagios/libexec$ ping www.google.ro
> PING www-cctld.l.google.com (173.194.35.159) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from muc03s01-in-f31.1e100.net (173.194.35.159): icmp_seq=1
> ttl=54 time=46.8 ms
> 64 bytes from muc03s01-in-f31.1e100.net (173.194.35.159): icmp_seq=2
> ttl=54 time=46.8 ms
>
>
> Using nagios 3.2.3
> nagios at mon2:/usr/local/nagios/libexec$ ./check_ping -h
> check_ping v1.4.15 (nagios-plugins 1.4.15)
> Copyright (c) 1999 Ethan Galstad <nagios at nagios.org>
>
>
> After a little more search
> Other sites works ok when used with check_ping, but not site containing
> goole is working
>
> nagios at mon2:/usr/local/nagios/libexec$ ./check_ping -H www.google.de -w
> 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100%
> CRITICAL - Network Unreachable (www.google.de)
> nagios at mon2:/usr/local/nagios/libexec$ ./check_ping -H www.google.com -w
> 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100%
> CRITICAL - Network Unreachable (www.google.com)
> nagios at mon2:/usr/local/nagios/libexec$ ./check_ping -H www.google.it -w
> 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100%
> CRITICAL - Network Unreachable (www.google.it)
>
> Any idea why?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>  Cosmin Neagu
>  NOC Team Leader
>  Str. I. G. Duca nr. 36
>  Otopeni, Judetul Ilfov, 075100 Romania
>   www.omnilogic.ro
>
>
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