Here it is with "-vvv" ... # /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ping -vvv -H <a href="http://nagios.org">nagios.org</a> -w 300,10% -c 1000,50% -p 5 CMD: /bin/ping -n -U -w 10 -c 5 <a href="http://nagios.org">nagios.org</a> Output: PING <a href="http://nagios.org">nagios.org</a> (<a href="http://66.118.156.22">66.118.156.22</a>) 56(84) bytes of data. Output: 64 bytes from <a href="http://66.118.156.22">66.118.156.22</a>: icmp_seq=1 ttl=45 time=368 ms CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 10 seconds Version... # /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ping -V check_ping v1991 (nagios-plugins 1.4.12) <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Holger Weiss <<a href="mailto:holger@cis.fu-berlin.de">holger@cis.fu-berlin.de</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> * Eddie F <<a href="mailto:bigedd@gmail.com">bigedd@gmail.com</a>> [2008-06-20 16:39]: <div class="Ih2E3d">> How/where do I report bugs for a Nagios plugin (check_ping)? </div><a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=29880" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=29880</a> <div class="Ih2E3d"> > And just as importantly, how/where do I check to see if it is something that > has already been reported? </div><a href="http://sourceforge.net/search/?group_id=29880" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/search/?group_id=29880</a> <div class="Ih2E3d"> > # /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_ping -H <a href="http://nagios.org" target="_blank">nagios.org</a> -w 300,10% -c 1000,50% -p 5 > CRITICAL - Plugin timed out after 10 seconds </div>Works fine for me: | $ check_ping -vvv -H <a href="http://nagios.org" target="_blank">nagios.org</a> -w 300,10% -c 1000,50% -p | CMD: /bin/ping -n -U -w 10 -c 5 <a href="http://nagios.org" target="_blank">nagios.org</a> | Output: PING <a href="http://nagios.org" target="_blank">nagios.org</a> (<a href="http://66.118.156.22" target="_blank">66.118.156.22</a>) 56(84) bytes of data. | Output: 64 bytes from <a href="http://66.118.156.22" target="_blank">66.118.156.22</a>: icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=143 ms | Output: 64 bytes from <a href="http://66.118.156.22" target="_blank">66.118.156.22</a>: icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=143 ms | Output: 64 bytes from <a href="http://66.118.156.22" target="_blank">66.118.156.22</a>: icmp_seq=3 ttl=54 time=142 ms | Output: 64 bytes from <a href="http://66.118.156.22" target="_blank">66.118.156.22</a>: icmp_seq=4 ttl=54 time=143 ms | Output: 64 bytes from <a href="http://66.118.156.22" target="_blank">66.118.156.22</a>: icmp_seq=5 ttl=54 time=143 ms | Output: | Output: --- <a href="http://nagios.org" target="_blank">nagios.org</a> ping statistics --- | Output: 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4002ms | Output: rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 142.896/143.149/143.259/0.272 ms | PING OK - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 143.15 ms|rta=143.149002ms;300.000000;1000.000000;0.000000 pl=0%;10;50;0 | 300.000000:10% 1000.000000:50% Which release of the Nagios Plugins are you using? Could you show us the output you get if you use "-vvv" as I did in this example? Holger ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. <a href="http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php</a> _______________________________________________________ Nagios Plugin Development Mailing List <a href="mailto:Nagiosplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagiosplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net</a> Unsubscribe at <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagiosplug-devel" target="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagiosplug-devel</a> ::: Please include plugins version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null </blockquote></div>