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<DIV><SPAN class=149195815-26092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>i
concur. check_ping uses 4 pings by default. Even when things are
good this can accumulate pretty quickly. When things are bad, ping waits
for the each of the responses until it's timeout.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=149195815-26092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Using
a plugin like check_telnet or check_tcp is _way_ faster.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=149195815-26092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>later,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=149195815-26092002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>dean</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]
[mailto:jcarro10@sprintspectrum.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 26,
2002 11:49 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Nagios User List (E-mail)<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[Nagios-users] Host Assumed to Be Up<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2><SPAN
class=200024515-26092002>If possible, try using a service for these routers,
such as check_telnet.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2><SPAN
class=200024515-26092002>jc</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Aaron Conaway
[mailto:Aaron.Conaway@HOSystems.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 26,
2002 9:30 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Nagios User List (E-mail)<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[Nagios-users] Host Assumed to Be Up<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=414582514-26092002><FONT face=Arial size=2>Newbie
here.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=414582514-26092002><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=414582514-26092002><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just installed
Nagios yesterday and am doing nothing but ping monitoring on 5
routers. All the host status information fields say "Host assumed
to be up". What does that mean? I can't find it in the
FAQ. Can anyone point me in the right direction?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=414582514-26092002><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=414582514-26092002><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for any
help.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>-------------------------------------</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Aaron Conaway</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Network Engineer III</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Verisign,
Inc.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://www.verisign.com/"
target=_blank>http://www.verisign.com</A></FONT> </P>
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