[smokeping-users] CiscoRTTMonEchoICMP probe and IOS 15.x

[Stokkenes Vidar]

Hello,

I can confirm the same behavior on 12.4(24)T on Cisco 7204VXR. However, the proposed fix resolved the issue :-)

Best regards,

Vidar S

> -----Original Message-----
> From: smokeping-users-bounces+vidar.stokkenes=hn-
> ikt.no at lists.oetiker.ch [mailto:smokeping-users-
> bounces+vidar.stokkenes=hn-ikt.no at lists.oetiker.ch] On Behalf Of Tobias
> Oetiker
> Sent: 10. mars 2010 06:47
> To: Mateusz Blaszczyk
> Cc: smokeping-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> Subject: Re: [smokeping-users] CiscoRTTMonEchoICMP probe and IOS 15.x
> 
> Hi Mateusz,
> 
> I set the timeout to 10, so that even when you had only a single ping
> it could never be a problem ...
> 
> since normally you have more, 5 works too.
> 
> cheers
> tobi
> 
> Yesterday Mateusz Blaszczyk wrote:
> 
> > On 9 March 2010 16:39, Mateusz Blaszczyk <blahu77 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Tobias,
> > >
> > >> iiks, this is a bit twisted I see ... without going into brain
> > >> surgery, how about this:
> > >>
> > >> Index: CiscoRTTMonEchoICMP.pm
> > >>
> ===================================================================
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > >> +             _default => $pingtimeout+10,
> > >> +             _doc => "How long a single RTTMonEcho ICMP 'ping'
> > >> + take at maximum plus 10 seconds to spare. Since we control our
> > >> + own timeout the only purpose of this is to not have us killed by
> > >> + the ping method from basefork.",
> > >> +
> > >
> > > I understand that this is a mistake, it should be
> > >
> > > +             _default => $pingtimeout+5,
> > > +             _doc => "How long a single RTTMonEcho ICMP 'ping'
> take
> > > at maximum plus 5 seconds to spare. Since we control our own
> timeout
> > > the only purpose of this is to not have us killed by the ping
> method
> > > from basefork.",
> > >
> > > according to the below:
> > >
> > >> the idea is to set the timeout 'per ping' to pingtimeout+5 seconds
> > >> ... this may be a bit of a long timeout but since we control our
> own time anyway it will never hit.
> > >>
> > >
> > > apart from that as I understand the code it looks ok.
> > > I will test it now and let you know the results
> > >
> >
> > works. the probe is not killed by basefork, without any timeout
> option
> > in config-file.
> > ... with "_default => $pingtimeout+5" settings.
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > -mat
> >
> >
> 
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