[smokeping-users] SmokePing to IPv6 hosts

[staticsafe]

On 12/29/2012 13:42, Doug Spindler wrote:
> Just getting started with SmokePing.  I my Targets files and am plotting
> response times to IPv4 hosts.  I'd like to do the same for IPv6 hosts and
> could use a little assistance.
> 
>  
> 
> In reading the documentation it looks like I need to mod the Probes.  The
> default contents of the Probes file is 
> + FPing
> binary = /usr/bin/fping
> 
>  
> 
> I'm thinking I have to add the following lines to Probes.
> + FPing6 
> 
> binary = /usr/bin/fping
> 
> 
> 
> And then modify the target's file with something like
> 
>  
> 
> ++ IPv6 Hosts
> 
> 
> menu = IPv6 host 1
> 
> title = IPv6 host 1
> 
> host = FE80::1   
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> Am I missing anything else?
> 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Doug Spindler
> 

You need to use fping6 to ping v6 addresses. This is why:

root at hellhound ~ # fping6 FE80::1
FE80::1 is alive

root at hellhound ~ # fping FE80::1
FE80::1 address not found

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