On Oct 14, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Joe Konecny wrote: > It looks like Nagios is using... > > check_ping!200.0,20%!600.0,60% > > and check_mk is using > > /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_icmp $HOSTADDRESS$ > > > ...anyone know what the difference is here?
check_ping is a wrapper for /bin/ping. It tells /bin/ping to check a host and parses it's output. check_icmp uses raw sockets directly. It issues the ICMP request and processes the response directly. -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
