[mrtg] Re: enhancement suggestion

[alex at ergens.op.Het.Net]

Calvert, Neil wrote:

> I think a nice function of MRTG would be to do a quick 'are you up' check on
> a polled device prior to sending snmp, say a 5 ping sequence (or however
> many you want to send, user modifiable). If none of the pings come back then
> assume the device is down for the duration of this poll and move to the next
> target in the config file.

Not inside MRTG but what about a quick check using ping?
On a unix box (perhaps the NT folks can make this work too) running
bash I can do:

      ping -c1 whateverhostontheotherside && mrtg...

For people not familiar with this syntax:  it is short for
"  if ping returns successfully
   then
      mrtg
   fi
"

regards,
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