[hobbit] Re: Ping works, but fping and hobbitping do not work

[Charles Jones]

Are your fping and hobbitping binaries still SUID root?

-Charles

Eric Jacobs wrote:
> Yes, hobbit's conn test.
>  
> The confusing thing is that "ping" works, but fping doesn't (says 
> address is unreachable)
>  
> Eric
>
>     "Josh Luthman" <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com
>     <mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com>> wrote in message
>     news:961092e10802050813n7c8e9b09u4366bd1030444f2e at mail.gmail.com...
>     When you say it fails with the network tester I'm assuming you
>     mean hobbit's conn test - is this correct?
>
>     When you manually ping and it fails, what kind of echo are you
>     getting?  Request timed out? Destination Network Unreachable? Are
>     you getting ARP resolution for the IP address?
>
>     On 2/5/08, *Eric Jacobs* <eric.jacobs at thomastechsolutions.com
>     <mailto:eric.jacobs-GfXM04iHwFN1ANmhhyhzuMk87cqNqjZ2 at public.gmane.org>>
>     wrote:
>
>         We've been using fping in Hobbit for connectivity testing for
>         years. But an
>         interesting problem has arisen. There is one address for which the
>         connectivity test fails, but, from the network tester, I can
>         manually ping
>         the address, but a manual fping (or hobbitping) fails. Anyone
>         have an idea
>         why this would be the case?
>
>         Eric Jacobs
>

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