check ping unusual issue

[shadih rahman]

I think I have found the problem,  Please see the following theread

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.nagios.plugins.devel/6738

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 9:54 AM, shadih rahman <shadhin71 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am using nagios-3.0.6 and nagios plugins-1.4.13
>
>  As suggested I have read the check_ping man page.  However having critical
> > warning is not the cause of the problem.  We chose to keep both warning
> and critical same because we want all ping issues to become critical.  Below
> is an example like you suggested.  The question is how can you have 75%
> packet loss, when you are sending one packet.  Please advise on this.
> Thanks
>
> check_ping -H HostA -t 45 -4 -w 200.0,30% -c 300.0,40% -p 1
> PING CRITICAL - Packet loss = 75%, RTA = 2.17
> ms|rta=2.168000ms;200.000000;300.000000;0.000000 pl=75%;30;40;0
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 8:37 PM, Morris, Patrick <patrick.morris at hp.com>wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, shadih rahman wrote:
>>
>> > All,
>> >    My check ping result is not making sense.  I have the following in
>> commands.cfg
>> >
>> > define command{
>> >         command_name    check-host-alive
>> >         command_line    $USER1$/check_ping -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -t 45 -4 -w
>> 3000.0,100% -c 3000.0,100% -p 1
>> >         }
>> >
>> >
>> > However I see the following output
>> >
>> >
>> >  Mon Aug 17 13:06:34 2009];HOST ALERT: HostA;UP;SOFT;2;PING OK - Packet
>> loss = 87%, RTA = 2.09 ms
>> > [Mon Aug 17 13:09:24 2009];HOST ALERT: Host B;DOWN;SOFT;2;PING CRITICAL
>> - Packet loss = 94%, RTA = 4001.56 ms
>> >  [Mon Aug 17 13:14:44 2009];HOST ALERT: Host C;UP;SOFT;3;PING OK -
>> Packet loss = 93%, RTA = 1.15 ms
>> >  [Mon Aug 17 13:55:14 2009];HOST ALERT: Host D;UP;SOFT;2;PING OK -
>> Packet loss = 83%, RTA = 2.19 ms
>> >
>> >
>> > How can I have 87 % packet loss when I am sending only on packet.  Can
>> someone please explain this to me.  Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Which version of the plugins are you using, on which version of Nagios?
>> There have been bugs in some versions of the plugin that might cause
>> results like that, but there's not enough information here to know if
>> that's the case with your issue.
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Cordially,
> Shadhin Rahman
>



-- 
Cordially,
Shadhin Rahman
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