<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> The 5 ping value is written in the check as the default value. If you do not add any -p value, it pings the host 5x. Just like if you do not add a -t value for a timeout for a check, it defaults to 10 seconds.<br><br>You can look at the source code for the check_ping here :<br><br>http://nagios-plugins.sourcearchive.com/documentation/1.4/check__ping_8c-source.html<br><br>Steve<br> </body> </html>