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Ping works, but fping and hobbitping do not work

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list Eric Jacobs · Tue, 5 Feb 2008 10:07:58 -0500 · 
We've been using fping in Hobbit for connectivity testing for years. But an interesting problem has arisen. There is one address for which the connectivity test fails, but, from the network tester, I can manually ping the address, but a manual fping (or hobbitping) fails. Anyone have an idea why this would be the case?

Eric Jacobs
list Josh Luthman · Tue, 5 Feb 2008 11:13:55 -0500 · 
When you say it fails with the network tester I'm assuming you mean hobbit's
conn test - is this correct?

When you manually ping and it fails, what kind of echo are you getting?
Request timed out? Destination Network Unreachable? Are you getting ARP
resolution for the IP address?
▸ quoted from Eric Jacobs

On 2/5/08, Eric Jacobs <user-a7d0190671dd@xymon.invalid> wrote:
We've been using fping in Hobbit for connectivity testing for years. But
an
interesting problem has arisen. There is one address for which the
connectivity test fails, but, from the network tester, I can manually ping
the address, but a manual fping (or hobbitping) fails. Anyone have an idea
why this would be the case?

Eric Jacobs


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list Eric Jacobs · Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:20:29 -0500 · 
Yes, hobbit's conn test.

The confusing thing is that "ping" works, but fping doesn't (says address is unreachable)

Eric
  "Josh Luthman" <user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid> wrote in message news:user-8fdea0d2cf71@xymon.invalid...
▸ quoted from Josh Luthman
  When you say it fails with the network tester I'm assuming you mean hobbit's conn test - is this correct?

  When you manually ping and it fails, what kind of echo are you getting?  Request timed out? Destination Network Unreachable? Are you getting ARP resolution for the IP address?


  On 2/5/08, Eric Jacobs <user-a7d0190671dd@xymon.invalid> wrote:
    We've been using fping in Hobbit for connectivity testing for years. But an
    interesting problem has arisen. There is one address for which the
    connectivity test fails, but, from the network tester, I can manually ping
    the address, but a manual fping (or hobbitping) fails. Anyone have an idea
    why this would be the case?

    Eric Jacobs


  -- 
  Josh Luthman
  Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
  Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
  XXXX Wayne St
  Suite XXXX
  Troy, OH XXXXX

  Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
  --- Henry Spencer
list Charles Jones · Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:49:50 -0700 · 
Are your fping and hobbitping binaries still SUID root?

-Charles
▸ quoted from Eric Jacobs

Eric Jacobs wrote:
Yes, hobbit's conn test.
 
The confusing thing is that "ping" works, but fping doesn't (says 
address is unreachable)
 
Eric

    "Josh Luthman" <user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid

    <mailto:user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid>> wrote in message
▸ quoted from Eric Jacobs
    news:user-8fdea0d2cf71@xymon.invalid...
    When you say it fails with the network tester I'm assuming you
    mean hobbit's conn test - is this correct?

    When you manually ping and it fails, what kind of echo are you
    getting?  Request timed out? Destination Network Unreachable? Are
    you getting ARP resolution for the IP address?

    On 2/5/08, *Eric Jacobs* <user-a7d0190671dd@xymon.invalid
    wrote:

        We've been using fping in Hobbit for connectivity testing for
        years. But an
        interesting problem has arisen. There is one address for which the
        connectivity test fails, but, from the network tester, I can
        manually ping
        the address, but a manual fping (or hobbitping) fails. Anyone
        have an idea
        why this would be the case?

        Eric Jacobs
list Eric Jacobs · Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:43:58 -0500 · 
Yes
  "Charles Jones" <user-e86b4aeade4e@xymon.invalid> wrote in message news:user-782b46b3c5fe@xymon.invalid...
▸ quoted from Charles Jones
  Are your fping and hobbitping binaries still SUID root?

  -Charles

  Eric Jacobs wrote: 
    Yes, hobbit's conn test.

    The confusing thing is that "ping" works, but fping doesn't (says address is unreachable)

    Eric

      "Josh Luthman" <user-4c45a83f15cb@xymon.invalid> wrote in message news:user-61084ae616b4@xymon.invalid...
▸ quoted from Charles Jones
      When you say it fails with the network tester I'm assuming you mean hobbit's conn test - is this correct?

      When you manually ping and it fails, what kind of echo are you getting?  Request timed out? Destination Network Unreachable? Are you getting ARP resolution for the IP address?


      On 2/5/08, Eric Jacobs <user-a7d0190671dd@xymon.invalid> wrote: 
        We've been using fping in Hobbit for connectivity testing for years. But an
        interesting problem has arisen. There is one address for which the
        connectivity test fails, but, from the network tester, I can manually ping
        the address, but a manual fping (or hobbitping) fails. Anyone have an idea
        why this would be the case?

        Eric Jacobs