Re: Check_ping

Howdy Anthony,

On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 05:32, Cervelli, Anthony wrote:

    Can someone help me?
    
    I have searched the archive and I am unable to find an explanation
    of the following command.
    
    check_ping!100.0,20%!500.0,60% .  I am not sure what it all means. 
    Is there a link I can go to or can someone explain it?
    
    Thanks.

Using the built-in superb help...

Usage: check_ping -H <host_address> -w <wrta>,<wpl>% -c <crta>,<cpl>%
       [-p packets] [-t timeout] [-L]

Options:
-H, --hostname=HOST
   host to ping
-w, --warning=THRESHOLD
   warning threshold pair
-c, --critical=THRESHOLD
   critical threshold pair
-p, --packets=INTEGER
   number of ICMP ECHO packets to send (Default: 5)
-t, --timeout=INTEGER
   optional specified timeout in second (Default: 10)
-L, --link
   show HTML in the plugin output (obsoleted by urlize)

Check commands.cfg file in /somewhere_to_netsaint/etc/commands.cfg to
see how your check_ping command has been setup.

100.0 stands for milliseconds
20% stands for packet loss
any result over these values should return a "WARNING"

500 stands for milliseconds
60% stands for packet loss
any result over these values would result in a "CRITICAL"

EXAMPLE:
[netsaint@syd-netsaint libexec]$ ./check_ping -H localhost -w 100,20% -c
500,60%PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 0.21 ms

Check the COMMANDS.cfg file!

Good Luck
Regards Wayne Harmsworth
iTV Platform Support
Austar Communications
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