How hobbit server deal with DNS server failure when doing conn test ?

list T.J. Yang
Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:27:23 -0600
Message-Id: <user-f1c3adfd085e@xymon.invalid>

I remember somewhere in the manpages,

The hobbit server when doing fping conn test, it will try using FQDN and if 
not resolvable,
it will use the ip address(from bb-hosts) file.

Is this a correct statement ?

I will summarize the answer here

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/System_Monitoring_with_Hobbit/Other_Docs/FAQ#How_does_the_conn_test_work_if_the_first_ping_doesn.27t_respond_.3F


tj