probes::FPing(3)                   SmokePing                  probes::FPing(3)



NNAAMMEE
       probes::FPing - FPing Probe for SmokePing

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
        *** Probes ***
        + FPing
        binary = /usr/bin/fping
        packetsize = 1024

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       Integrates FPing as a probe into smokeping. The variable bbiinnaarryy must
       point to your copy of the FPing program. If it is not installed on your
       system yet, you can get it from http://www.fping.com/.

       The (optional) packetsize option lets you configure the packetsize for
       the pings sent.  The FPing manpage has the following to say on this
       topic:

       Number of bytes of ping data to send.  The minimum size (normally 12)
       allows room for the data that fping needs to do its work (sequence num-
       ber, timestamp).  The reported received data size includes the IP
       header (normally 20 bytes) and ICMP header (8 bytes), so the minimum
       total size is 40 bytes.  Default is 56, as in ping. Maximum is the the-
       oretical maximum IP datagram size (64K), though most systems limit this
       to a smaller, system-dependent number.

AAUUTTHHOORR
       Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>



1.38                              2005-03-13                  probes::FPing(3)
