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Conn Alert after one missed packet

list Mario Valetti
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:54:35 +0100
Message-Id: <CANnmQ4KR-=user-765c5210a5f7@xymon.invalid>

Hello list,

Is it possible to be alerted when one single packet is lost i.e. conn
request does not receive a reply for the first packet?

I know the default fping sends out 3 packets when if the conn request
does not receive a reply after a set period.  Looking at the fping man
page, I've changed the fping syntax to "fping -A -e -r1", but this
will still send one additional ping packet before an alert is raised.


Alternatively I could look at creating a custom script, but obviously
it's easier if this facility is already built-in somehow.


Thanks,
Mario