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--></style></head><body lang=EN-GB><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I have smokeping set up to fping a router. When the line is up, it works as expected. However, when the line is down, I get repeatedly messages that the line is down, then cleared, then down, then cleared.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I run fping from the command line and it clearly shows the line is down:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>/usr/bin/fping -C 20 -q -B1 -r1 -4 -i10 1.2.3.4</p><p class=MsoNormal>1.2.3.4 : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And this is the command which smokeping runs every 5 minutes. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I added ‘edgetrigger’ to the Alert and then, I repeatedly get Cleared messages (half as many messages).</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It’s as if smokeping is automatically clearing the down state (without running fping) sooner than the 5 minute before fping is run again to recheck the router.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My Probe file has:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any idea what’s going on?</p></div></body></html>