[Nagiosplug-devel] check_ping: Could not interpret output from ping command

[Andreas Ericsson]

Wickus botha wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Maybe somebody can help me with this.
> 
> I isssue a check_ping command to a host and it returns with the following
> error.
> 
> /bin/ping -n -U -c 1 172.31.16.66
> 
> Error: Could not interpret output from ping command
> 

This is a known issue. You can try the check_icmp plugin instead. It's 
available at http://oss.op5.se in the Nagios section.

> by just running the plain command
> 
> /bin/ping -n -U -c 1 172.31.16.66
> 
> PING 172.31.16.66 (172.31.16.66) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 
>>From 172.31.16.65 icmp_seq=1 Packet filtered
> 
> --- 172.31.16.66 ping statistics ---
> 
> 1 packets transmitted, 0 received, +1 errors, 100% packet loss, time 0ms
> 
> 
> 
> Does somebody have a solution for this.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Wickus Botha
> 

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