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<h1><a name="variables">VARIABLES</a></h1>
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<p>Supported probe-specific variables:</p>
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<dt><strong><a name="item_binary">binary</a></strong><br />
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<dt><strong><a name="item_binary">binary</a></strong>
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The location of your fping binary.
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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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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_hostinterval">hostinterval</a></strong><br />
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_hostinterval">hostinterval</a></strong>
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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):
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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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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_mininterval">mininterval</a></strong><br />
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_mininterval">mininterval</a></strong>
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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):
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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>Default value: 0.01</p>
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_offset">offset</a></strong><br />
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_offset">offset</a></strong>
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If you run many probes concurrently you may want to prevent them from
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<p>If you run many probes concurrently you may want to prevent them from
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hitting your network all at the same time. Using the probe-specific
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offset parameter you can change the point in time when each probe will
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be run. Offset is specified in % of total interval, or alternatively as
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is specified here. Note that this does NOT influence the rrds itself,
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it is just a matter of when data acqusition is initiated.
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(This variable is only applicable if the variable 'concurrentprobes' is set
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in the 'General' section.)
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in the 'General' section.)</p>
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<p>Example value: 50%</p>
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_packetsize">packetsize</a></strong><br />
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_packetsize">packetsize</a></strong>
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The ping packet size (in the range of 12-64000 bytes).
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<p>The ping packet size (in the range of 12-64000 bytes).</p>
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<p>Example value: 5000</p>
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_pings">pings</a></strong><br />
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_pings">pings</a></strong>
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How many pings should be sent to each target, if different from the global
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<p>How many pings should be sent to each target, if different from the global
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value specified in the Database section. Note that the number of pings in
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the RRD files is fixed when they are originally generated, and if you
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change this parameter afterwards, you'll have to delete the old RRD
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files or somehow convert them.
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files or somehow convert them.</p>
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<p>Example value: 20</p>
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_step">step</a></strong><br />
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Duration of the base interval that this probe should use, if different
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_sourceaddress">sourceaddress</a></strong>
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<p>The fping ``-S'' parameter . From fping(1):</p>
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<p>Set source address.</p>
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<p>Example value: ::1</p>
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_step">step</a></strong>
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<p>Duration of the base interval that this probe should use, if different
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from the one specified in the 'Database' section. Note that the step in
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the RRD files is fixed when they are originally generated, and if you
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change the step parameter afterwards, you'll have to delete the old RRD
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files or somehow convert them. (This variable is only applicable if
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the variable 'concurrentprobes' is set in the 'General' section.)
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the variable 'concurrentprobes' is set in the 'General' section.)</p>
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<p>Example value: 300</p>
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_timeout">timeout</a></strong><br />
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_timeout">timeout</a></strong>
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The fping ``-t'' parameter, but in (possibly fractional) seconds rather than
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<p>The fping ``-t'' parameter, but in (possibly fractional) seconds rather than
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milliseconds, for consistency with other Smokeping probes. Note that as
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Smokeping uses the fping 'counting' mode (-C), this apparently only affects
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<p>Example value: 1.5</p>
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