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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>With that command, you will receive a
warning at 20% PL and a critical at 50% PL.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>By the way, substitute $HOSTNAME$ with
$HOSTADDRESS$, my typo.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Alex Dehaini<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 22 October 2007 11:40<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Nagios-users]
Monitor packet loss with check_ping command</span></font><span></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>But in this case - if
there is a 20% packet loss out of 10 pings sent to a host - will I be notified?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 10/22/07, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Giles
Coochey</span></b> <<a href="mailto:gcoochey@sapphire.gi">
gcoochey@sapphire.gi</a>> wrote:</span></font></span></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>check_ping uses the ping command.</span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Packet Loss is considered a reply not within the timeout,
this can typically be around 3000ms</span></font></p>
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Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>So something like:</span></font></p>
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Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>./check_ping -H $HOSTNAME$ -w 3000,20% -c 3000,50%</span></font></p>
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Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Will do what you want.</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <a href="mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</a>]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Alex Dehaini<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 22 October 2007 11:29<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Nagios-users] Monitor
packet loss with check_ping command</span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hi Guys,<br>
<br>
Can someone give me an example on how I can monitor only packet loss but not
latency<br>
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-- <br>
Alex Dehaini<br>
Developer<br>
Site - <a href="http://www.alexdehaini.com">www.alexdehaini.com</a> <br>
Email - <a href="mailto:alexdehaini@gmail.com">alexdehaini@gmail.com</a> </span></font></p>
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-- <br>
Alex Dehaini<br>
Developer<br>
Site - <a href="http://www.alexdehaini.com">www.alexdehaini.com</a><br>
Email - <a href="mailto:alexdehaini@gmail.com">alexdehaini@gmail.com</a> </span></font></p>
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