Monitor packet loss with check_ping command

[Aidan Anderson]

Alex Dehaini wrote:
> But in this case - if there is a 20% packet loss out of 10 pings sent 
> to a host - will I be notified?
>
That all depends on what you set your max_check_attempts to.  If you 
want to be notified of any packet loss, set this to 1 (one).  Increase 
this value if you prefer more tolerance.






> On 10/22/07, *Giles Coochey* < gcoochey at sapphire.gi 
> <mailto:gcoochey at sapphire.gi>> wrote:
>
>     check_ping uses the ping command.
>
>      
>
>     Packet Loss is considered a reply not within the timeout, this can
>     typically be around 3000ms
>
>      
>
>     So something like:
>
>      
>
>     ./check_ping -H $HOSTNAME$ -w 3000,20% -c 3000,50%
>
>      
>
>     Will do what you want.
>
>      
>
>     * From: * nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
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>     [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net
>     <mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net>] *On Behalf Of
>     *Alex Dehaini
>     *Sent:* 22 October 2007 11:29
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>     <mailto:nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
>     *Subject:* [Nagios-users] Monitor packet loss with check_ping command
>
>      
>
>     Hi Guys,
>
>     Can someone give me an example on how I can monitor only packet
>     loss but not latency
>
>     -- 
>     Alex Dehaini
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>
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> Alex Dehaini
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