The 5 ping value is written in the check as the default value. If you do not
add any -p value, it pings the host 5x. Just like if you do not add a -t value
for a timeout for a check, it defaults to 10 seconds.
You can look at the source code for the check_ping here :
http://nagios-plugins.sourcearchive.com/documentation/1.4/check__ping_8c-source.html
Steve
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