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<h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1> |
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<p>Smokeping::probes::FPing6 - FPing6 Probe for SmokePing</p> |
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<h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> |
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*** Probes ***</pre> |
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+FPing6</pre> |
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binary = /usr/bin/fping6 # mandatory |
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hostinterval = 1.5 |
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mininterval = 0.001 |
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offset = 50% |
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packetsize = 5000 |
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pings = 20 |
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# [...]</pre> |
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*** Targets ***</pre> |
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probe = FPing6 # if this should be the default probe</pre> |
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+ mytarget |
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# probe = FPing6 # if the default probe is something else |
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host = my.host</pre> |
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<h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> |
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<p>Integrates FPing6 as a probe into smokeping. This probe is derived from |
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FPing; the only difference is that the target host used for checking |
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the fping command output is ::1 instead of localhost.</p> |
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<p>Supported probe-specific variables:</p> |
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<dt><strong><a name="item_binary">binary</a></strong> |
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<p>The location of your fping binary.</p> |
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<p>Example value: /usr/bin/fping6</p> |
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<p>This setting is mandatory.</p> |
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<p>The fping ``-p'' parameter, but in (possibly fractional) seconds rather than |
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milliseconds, for consistency with other Smokeping probes. From fping(1):</p> |
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<p>This parameter sets the time that fping waits between successive packets |
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<p>Example value: 1.5</p> |
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<p>The fping ``-i'' parameter, but in (probably fractional) seconds rather than |
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milliseconds, for consistency with other Smokeping probes. From fping(1):</p> |
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<p>The minimum amount of time between sending a ping packet to any target.</p> |
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<p>Example value: 0.001</p> |
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<p>Default value: 0.01</p> |
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_offset">offset</a></strong> |
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<p>Example value: 50%</p> |
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<p>The ping packet size (in the range of 12-64000 bytes).</p> |
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<p>Example value: 20</p> |
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<p>Set source address.</p> |
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<p>Tobias Oetiker <<a href="mailto:tobi@oetiker.ch">tobi@oetiker.ch</a>></p> |
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