[smokeping-users] Re: Phantom results

[Kamran Siddiqui/NYLIC]

I believe the probe=probe-name statement is over-ridden the next time it is
used. Search for 'Using Multiple Probes' by Dez Cadena in the mailing list
archive and you will find an example.

Kamran



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Nevermind...
I think I forgot to specify "probe=CiscoRTTMonEchoICMP" so it was probably
just doing the default fping locally instead of getting data from the
Cisco.

The documentation on the Probes isn't real clear (to me) on how to
configure for multiple probe types with a single menu. Does "probe=" have
meaning only at a particular level, or does it over-ride whatever might be
earlier in the config?

TIA

-Keith


-----Original Message-----
From: smokeping-users-bounce at list.ee.ethz.ch on behalf of Keith Redfield
Sent: Mon 11/29/2004 2:15 PM
To: smokeping-users at list.ee.ethz.ch
Subject: [smokeping-users] Phantom results

Hi,

New user running Smokeping on Mandrake 10. I have the CiscoRTTMonEchoICMP
probe installed. Unfortunately it is returning data (oddly enough, with
variance and jitter) for a target host which I know (and have tested) is
down. I suspect it is simply returning the delay in fetching the SNMP probe
itself, and not the underlying datavalue for the target RTT.

Can anyone help me to debug this? I like the tool, but it's reputation is
tarnished if I can't trust the data. Here's my probe conf:

+++ CiscoProbe

menu = GoofyGW

++++ GoofyGW
menu = Goofy->Donald
title = RTTMon ping from Goofy Router to Donald Gateway
host = 192.168.1.1
+++++ PROBE_CONF
ioshost = foobar at 10.0.2.1
packetsize = 64
tos = 160

names, addresses, etc are bogus.

The Cisco is running a late 12.3T release with SAA enabled. Now, I have two
probes that were configured from CLI if that has any bearing. For grins, I
firewalled the ioshost to make sure that's where the data was coming from
and it stopped at the right time.

Regards,

-Keith Redfield
AirSurf Wireless
kredfield at airsurfwireless.com




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