Pingtower
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icmpping
Send a few pings and report round-trip and loss.
Parameters
| Parameter | Default | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
hostREQUIRED | ||
count | 3 | Packets per run. |
spacing | 200ms | Between packets. |
max_rtt | Average above this is degraded. | |
max_loss_pct | Loss above this is down. Total loss is always down. |
The addon prefers an unprivileged datagram socket, which macOS allows by default and Linux allows for group ids inside net.ipv4.ping_group_range. If neither that nor a raw socket can be opened the check fails with an error rather than reporting the target down: “we lack permission” and “the host is unreachable” are opposite conclusions.
Measurements
rtt_min_ms, rtt_avg_ms, rtt_max_ms, loss_pct, packets_sent, packets_received.