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ntp - custom timeout

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list Andrey Chervonets · Sat, 03 Mar 2012 09:36:16 +0200 · 
Good day!

I need to setup custome response timeout for ntp tests for some (or at least for all) hosts.
Option --cmdtimeout for xymonnet is not solution,
because problem is not with ntpdate delay, but  how long ntpdate expectes response

ntpdate man says:
      -t timeout
                Specify the maximum time waiting for a server response as the value timeout, in seconds and fraction. The value is  is  rounded
                to a multiple of 0.2 seconds. The default is 1 second, a value suitable for polling across a LAN.

But I can't find how to tell xymon server use that option (the best custom per host).
Some of monitored hosts are outside LAN and time to time we got RED, and after some minutes GREEN again.


Best regards,

Andrey Chervonets
SIA CoMinder
http://www.cominder.eu/
list Henrik Størner · Sat, 03 Mar 2012 07:17:50 -0500 ·
▸ quoted from Andrey Chervonets
Den 03-03-2012 02:36, Andrey Chervonets skrev:
I need to setup custome response timeout for ntp tests for some (or at
least for all) hosts.
Option --cmdtimeout for xymonnet is not solution,
because problem is not with ntpdate delay, but  how long ntpdate
expectes response

ntpdate man says:
      -t timeout
                Specify the maximum time waiting for a server response
as the value timeout, in seconds and fraction. The value is  is  rounded
                to a multiple of 0.2 seconds. The default is 1 second, a
value suitable for polling across a LAN.

But I can't find how to tell xymon server use that option (the best
custom per host).
You can add the option to the NTPDATE setting in xymonserver.cfg.


Regards,
Henrik