[hobbit] dialup directive not implemented?

[Mike Serra]

Hi Greg,
The bb-hosts man page has a description of a "dialup" tag in the way
that you are using it, in the section titled "Bbgen Display Options." 
But, there is also a later section called "Ping Test of Modembanks."  It
describes a directive of the form "dialup <hostname> <startIP>
<count>."  The idea is that you can do a ping test that goes clear
instead of red, but for a range of IP addresses, instead of just one
(and it appears the addresses do not need to have matching DNS
entries).  That is what I am trying to use.  I'm not sure I have the
syntax correct: can anyone out there using this explain where the dialup
tag goes in relation to the page tag, etc?
- ms


Hubbard, Greg L wrote:
> Mike,
>
> I use "dialup" to flag a host that may or may not be there when I ping
> it. If the host is not accessible, the status is clear instead of red.
> Handy for test machines.  This dates back to Big Brother.  Could this be
> what you are trying to use?
>
> GLH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Serra [mailto:mserra at iwu.edu] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:03 AM
> To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> Subject: [hobbit] dialup directive not implemented?
>
> Hi Hobbit users,
> I have a simple question about the "dialup" directive in bb-hosts, the
> one that is supposed to come immediately after a page or subpage
> directive, and is used to ping a range of hosts, like a modem pool.  Our
> sysadmin tells me that he read (in a man page online?) that this
> directive is not implemented.  And it's acting like it isn't: we can't
> get it to do anything, despite trying every possible syntax that could
> make sense.  But on the other hand people online talk about this as if
> they're using it just fine.  So -- is it implemented?  We are using
> hobbit version 4.2-beta-20060605.
> Thanks,
> - Mike Serra
>
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