<br><tt><font size=2>> I've seen them too. Even on HTTP test graphs.
And also not entirely<br>> sure why.<br>> <br>> As far as the ping bounces around 20-40ms are concerned, this is a<br>> problem with hobbitping, and its polling algorithm. If you want
the<br>> timing correct, I highly suggest you switch to fping. Install
fping and<br>> change the FPING setting in hobbitserver.cfg:<br>> FPING="/usr/sbin/fping"<br>I will try that out. I remember I had problems using fping and switched
to hobbitping therefore.</font></tt><br><br><tt><font size=2>> Note you must make sure the xymon or hobbit user
has rights to run<br>> fping, either by a sudo arrangement or by setting up a setuid capability<br>> such as:<br>> chmod g+x /usr/sbin/fping<br>> chgrp xymon /usr/sbin/fping<br>> chmod u+s /usr/sbin/fping<br>Maybe that was my fping problem. :-)</font></tt><br><br><tt><font size=2>> Not sure about your statement regarding connect
tests running 35<br>> seconds. You mean the ping or tcp test times listed in the bbtest
info<br>> page?</font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>I mean the Ping test times in the bbtest page:</font></tt><br><br><tt><font size=2>TIME SPENT</font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>Event
Starttime Duration</font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>bbtest-net startup
1250148155.074249
-</font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>Service definitions loaded
1250148155.075870 0.001621
</font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>Tests loaded
1250148155.103019
0.027149 </font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>DNS lookups completed
1250148155.105950
0.002931 </font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>Test engine setup completed
1250148155.109315 0.003365
</font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>TCP tests completed
1250148155.110463
0.001148 </font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>PING test completed (651 hosts)
1250148187.146047 32.035584
<--- This one</font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>PING test results sent
1250148187.283501
0.137454 </font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>Test result collection completed
1250148187.283511 0.000010 </font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>LDAP test engine setup completed
1250148187.283513 0.000002 </font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>LDAP tests executed
1250148187.283522
0.000009 </font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>LDAP tests result collection completed 1250148187.283523
0.000001 </font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>NSLOOKUP tests executed
1250148187.287590
0.004067 </font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>Test results transmitted
1250148187.360348
0.072758 </font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>bbtest-net completed
1250148187.362335
0.001987 </font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>TIME TOTAL
32.288086 </font></tt><br><br><br><tt><font size=2>Bye</font></tt><br><tt><font size=2>Thorsten</font></tt><br><br><font face="sans-serif"><font face="sans-serif, Arial, Helvetica" size="-1" color="#808080"><br>If you are not the intended addressee, please inform us immediately that you have received this e-mail in error, and delete it. We thank you for your cooperation.
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