[Nagiosplug-help] RE: [Nagios-users] Check_fping returns only Warning when a host i s unreachable/down

[Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]]

I can't comment on fping specifically, since I'm not using it, but I will
say this:

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."  :^)

jc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pulyankote, Gopinath [mailto:Gopinath_Pulyankote at affymetrix.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 5:50 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net;
> nagiosplug-help at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Check_fping returns only Warning 
> when a host
> i s unreachable/down
> 
> 
> Reposting again, since I didn't get any response on this.
> 
> Hi,
>  Why does the check_fping return a warning, instead of 
> critical, when the
> host is unreachable, while check_ping reports correctly? I 
> recently changed
> my configs to use fping instead of ping to improve 
> performance. Should I
> switch back to ping?
> 
> bash-2.05a$ ../libexec/check_fping -H 10.12.1.254 -w 
> 300.0,80% -c 500.0,100%
> FPING WARNING - 10.12.1.254
> bash-2.05a$
> bash-2.05a$ /usr/sbin/fping 10.12.1.254
> 10.12.1.254 is unreachable
> bash-2.05a$
> bash-2.05a$ ../libexec/check_ping -H 10.12.1.254 -w 300,80% 
> -c 500,100%
> CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 10 seconds
> bash-2.05a$
> -G
> 
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