[Nagiosplug-devel] [ nagiosplug-New Plugins-1008452 ] check_icmp

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New Plugins item #1008452, was opened at 2004-08-13 04:04
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Category: C plugin
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Andreas Ericsson (ageric)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: check_icmp

Initial Comment:
check_icmp is basically a ping program written
specifically for Nagios. It is faster than check_fping
and check_ping by sending packets in a much more clever
way, and is more resource-friendly since it doesn't
fork other programs to do the actual checking.

It can check several IP-addresses one go and also
handles routing anomalies and various other network
errors correctly, whereas output from the ping program
differs enough from platform to platform for things to
go awry from time to time.

This plugin writes performance data correctly, but only
when pinging one host.

It is written with portability in mind, and should
compile cleanly on most platforms.

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