check_ping strange behavior with google

[Travis Runyard]

http://nagiosplugins.org/man/check_ping

<host_address> = IP address. NOT hostname.
$HOSTADDRESS$Address of the host. This value is taken from the
*address* directive
in the host definition<http://av01mon1/nagios/docs/objectdefinitions.html#host>
.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Holger Weiß <holger at cis.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

> * Travis Runyard <travisrunyard at gmail.com> [2012-06-07 08:39]:
> > The check_ping Nagios plugin does not ping hostnames, only IP addresses.
>
> The check_ping plugin supports hostnames just fine.
>
> > On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Cosmin Neagu <cosmin.neagu at omnilogic.ro
> >wrote:
> > > Starting from yesterday, check_ping is behaving strange for a single
> host.
> > > When giving -H parameter as www.google.ro it gives CRITICAL - Network
> > > Unreachable
> > > But when giving -H parameter as IP address it is working. I have
> checked
> > > and there are no DNS issues
>
> The hostname www.google.ro now¹ also resolves to an IPv6 address, and
> check_ping has issues with IPv6 dependending on the ping6(1)
> implementation used.  These issues will hopefully be fixed in the next
> release of the Nagios Plugins; until then, "check_ping -4 [...]" should
> do the trick.
>
> Holger
>
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