[smokeping-users] I cant get ping to work with big packets

[Jon Bendtsen]

On 21/07/2008, at 19.21, G.W. Haywood wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Jon Bendtsen wrote:
>
>> I want to ping a host with bigger than normal packets, but it doesnt
>> work as i expect
>>
>> Starting up gives this error:
>> require Smokeping::probes::ping1024 failed: Can't locate Smokeping/
>> probes/ping1024.pm in @INC
>
> I'm guessing you have no Perl module called ping1024.pm and that you
> never expected that you would have one, right?

I dont see why i should have one. I use the fping program.

>> *** Probes ***
>>
>> + FPing
>> binary = /usr/bin/fping
>>
>> +ping1024
>> binary = /usr/bin/fping
>> packetsize = 1024
>
> I think you syntax is incorrect.
>
> Try something this?  I haven't tried it exactly like this myself.
>
> *** Probes ***
>
> + FPing
> binary = /usr/bin/fping
>
> ++ping1024
> packetsize = 1024

That did not work.

now it says "ERROR: /etc/smokeping/config, line 177: probe FPing  
missing from the Probes section"



JonB