[xymon] Ping response time report and graphing dispaly incorrect.

[Josh Luthman]

Because fping works and works well.  Hobbitping does not.

Josh Luthman
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On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Riley, Dennis P.
<dennis.riley at timken.com> wrote:
> Switching from hobbitping to fping as suggested by Josh, seems to have corrected the reporting errors. Not sure how, but it did.
>
> Dennis Riley
>  Dennis.riley at timken.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xymon User in Richmond [mailto:hobbit at epperson.homelinux.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 9:54 AM
> To: xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: Re: [xymon] Ping response time report and graphing dispaly incorrect.
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> On Tue, August 17, 2010 09:20, Josh Luthman wrote:
>> Are you certain they're pinging the same thing?  If you're not using
>> testip make sure the name is correct and resolving the right IP.
>>
>> Is it Mu and not ms?
>>
>> Can we see the graph?
>>
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Riley, Dennis P.
>> <dennis.riley at timken.com> wrote:
>>> Using Xymon 4.2.3 on CentOS 5.2.
>>>
>>> When pinging local hosts with sub-ms response times, like 0.25 ms,
>>> the Xymon conn display and graph treat it as 25 ms.
>>>
>>> However when pinging remote hosts which have a much larger response
>>> time (much greater than 1 ms), the display and graph seem to
>>> correctly reflect the response time.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else seen this?
>>>
>
> I see the same thing, both in the graphs and the parenthetical metric at the end of the conn "is alive" line.
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