The check_fping Plugin
check_fping v2.3git (monitoring-plugins 2.3git)
Copyright (c) 1999 Didi Rieder <adrieder@sbox.tu-graz.ac.at>
Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
<devel@monitoring-plugins.org>
This plugin will use the fping command to ping the specified host for a fast check
Note that it is necessary to set the suid flag on fping.
Usage:
check_fping <host_address> -w limit -c limit [-b size] [-n number] [-T number] [-i number]
Options:
-h, --help
Print detailed help screen
-V, --version
Print version information
--extra-opts=[section][@file]
Read options from an ini file. See
https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/doc/extra-opts.html
for usage and examples.
-4, --use-ipv4
Use IPv4 connection
-6, --use-ipv6
Use IPv6 connection
-H, --hostname=HOST
name or IP Address of host to ping (IP Address bypasses name lookup, reducing system load)
-w, --warning=THRESHOLD
warning threshold pair
-c, --critical=THRESHOLD
critical threshold pair
-a, --alive
Return OK after first successful reply
-b, --bytes=INTEGER
size of ICMP packet (default: 56)
-n, --number=INTEGER
number of ICMP packets to send (default: 1)
-T, --target-timeout=INTEGER
Target timeout (ms) (default: fping's default for -t)
-i, --interval=INTEGER
Interval (ms) between sending packets (default: fping's default for -p)
-S, --sourceip=HOST
name or IP Address of sourceip
-I, --sourceif=IF
source interface name
-v, --verbose
Show details for command-line debugging (output may be truncated by
the monitoring system)
THRESHOLD is <rta>,<pl>%% where <rta> is the round trip average travel time (ms)
which triggers a WARNING or CRITICAL state, and <pl> is the percentage of
packet loss to trigger an alarm state.
IPv4 is used by default. Specify -6 to use IPv6.
Send email to help@monitoring-plugins.org if you have questions regarding
use of this software. To submit patches or suggest improvements, send email
to devel@monitoring-plugins.org