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False positive during network test

list James B Horwath
Tue, 30 May 2006 06:20:45 -0400
Message-Id: <user-a062fd687a50@xymon.invalid>

I have a quirky firewall which is throttling back traffic every so often, the result is an ssh failure to every host on the subnet.  I am not using ping tests for connectivity but rather an ssh  test. 
I have this definition in the bb-hosts file:

10.10.10.10    dmz_node        # !telnet ssh  noconn badssh:1:1:2

In hobbitlaunch.cfg

 CMD bbtest-net --report --ping --checkresponse --timeout=60 --debug

Is there a way to bump the time-out up for ssh tests?  I am obviously not using the badtest correctly.  In bb I lengthened the three net test time-out variables and did not  suffer from this malady. 
Any suggestions?

Regards,

Jim Horwath


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