[Nagios-users] check_icmp/ping works but native ping fails

2009-03-25 Thread Richard Aseltine
Looks like I need an education here. check_icmp and check_ping can check a particular device but native ping fails. Any help with understanding this would be great.. Thanks Dick _ Internet Explorer 8 – Now Available. Faster,

Re: [Nagios-users] check_icmp/ping works but native ping fails

2009-03-25 Thread Kevin Keane
What does fails mean in this context? Timeout? No route to host? Does this happen for all hosts, or just for one host? Does it happen for local hosts on your own subnet as well as for remote hosts behind a router? Richard Aseltine wrote: Looks like I need an education here. check_icmp and

Re: [Nagios-users] check_icmp/ping works but native ping fails

2009-03-25 Thread Marc Powell
On Mar 25, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Richard Aseltine wrote: Looks like I need an education here. check_icmp and check_ping can check a particular device but native ping fails. Any help with understanding this would be great.. check_icmp uses it's own sockets code. check_ping is just a wrapper

Re: [Nagios-users] check_icmp/ping works but native ping fails

2009-03-25 Thread Richard Aseltine
puzzled Thanks From: m...@ena.com To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:58:29 -0500 Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] check_icmp/ping works but native ping fails On Mar 25, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Richard Aseltine wrote: Looks like I need an education here

Re: [Nagios-users] check_icmp/ping works but native ping fails

2009-03-25 Thread Marc Powell
On Mar 25, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Richard Aseltine wrote: ping PHIPACHP02OPE19 1 no answer from PHIPACHP02OPE19 *** ./check_ping -H PHIPACHP02OPE19 -w 1000.0,20% -c 2000.0,60% OK - PHIPACHP02OPE19: rta 0.681ms, lost 0%|rta=0.681ms;