<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> > ping PHIPACHP02OPE19 1 no answer from PHIPACHP02OPE19 *********************************************** >./check_ping -H PHIPACHP02OPE19 -w 1000.0,20% -c 2000.0,60% OK - PHIPACHP02OPE19: rta 0.681ms, lost 0%|rta=0.681ms;1000.000;2000.000;0; pl=0%;20;60;; Still puzzled Thanks > From: marc@ena.com > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:58:29 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] check_icmp/ping works but native ping fails > > > On Mar 25, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Richard Aseltine wrote: > > > Looks like I need an education here. > > > > check_icmp and check_ping can check a particular device but native > > ping fails. Any help with understanding this would be great.. > > check_icmp uses it's own sockets code. check_ping is just a wrapper > for 'native ping' (i.e. /bin/ping). if check_ping works, regular old > ping must as well. > > You can see the flags the check_ping is passing to /bin/ping by > passing verbose flags -- > > $ ./plugins/check_ping -H localhost -w 10,10% -c 50,50% -vv > CMD: /bin/ping -n -U -w 10 -c 5 localhost > PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 0.04 ms > 10.000000:10% 50.000000:50% > > > -- > Marc > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null <hr />Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. <a href='http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_70faster_032009' target='_new'>Find out more.</a></body> </html>