Advanced ping (ss_fping.php) buggy

[TheWitness]

Please test as non-root.

TheWitness

[sizulku]

I would like to inform you that the bug is still exist. This version of ping script still unable to produce the correct output. Here is my sample test:

root@localhost scripts]# ping -c 10 www.yahoo.com
PING www.yahoo.akadns.net (209.131.36.158) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from f1.www.vip.sp1.yahoo.com (209.131.36.158): icmp_seq=0 ttl=57 time=706 ms
64 bytes from f1.www.vip.sp1.yahoo.com (209.131.36.158): icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=715 ms
64 bytes from f1.www.vip.sp1.yahoo.com (209.131.36.158): icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=705 ms
64 bytes from f1.www.vip.sp1.yahoo.com (209.131.36.158): icmp_seq=3 ttl=57 time=695 ms
64 bytes from f1.www.vip.sp1.yahoo.com (209.131.36.158): icmp_seq=4 ttl=57 time=809 ms
64 bytes from f1.www.vip.sp1.yahoo.com (209.131.36.158): icmp_seq=5 ttl=57 time=703 ms
64 bytes from f1.www.vip.sp1.yahoo.com (209.131.36.158): icmp_seq=6 ttl=57 time=700 ms
64 bytes from f1.www.vip.sp1.yahoo.com (209.131.36.158): icmp_seq=7 ttl=57 time=707 ms
64 bytes from f1.www.vip.sp1.yahoo.com (209.131.36.158): icmp_seq=8 ttl=57 time=951 ms
64 bytes from f1.www.vip.sp1.yahoo.com (209.131.36.158): icmp_seq=9 ttl=57 time=702 ms

--- www.yahoo.akadns.net ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9253ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 695.448/739.852/951.456/77.358 ms, pipe 2

[root@localhost scripts]# php -q ss_fping.php www.yahoo.com 10 ICMP
min:1.9700 avg:224.5800 max:348.6500 dev:112.2438 loss:10.0000
[root@localhost scripts]#

FYI, I'm using;

CentOS release 4.3 (Final)
Cacti 0.8.6h
cactid 0.8.6f-1
Advanced ping v1.3

Any help would be great. Thanks!

[neeko_23]

I have the same errors, more over cacti see a lot more packet loss than it is but not on evrey host i poll.. it is strange..
any help would be great

[TheWitness]

The new version of Cacti fixes some things. It will be out soon.

TheWitness

[wolvverine-pld]

problem on cacti 8.7b on linux host

/usr/share/cacti/scripts/ss_fping.php o2.pl
ping: invalid option -- 'W'
usage: ping [ -i delay ] [ -c count ] [ -t timeout] host
ping: invalid option -- 'W'
usage: ping [ -i delay ] [ -c count ] [ -t timeout] host
ping: invalid option -- 'W'
usage: ping [ -i delay ] [ -c count ] [ -t timeout] host
ping: invalid option -- 'W'
usage: ping [ -i delay ] [ -c count ] [ -t timeout] host
ping: invalid option -- 'W'
usage: ping [ -i delay ] [ -c count ] [ -t timeout] host
ping: invalid option -- 'W'
usage: ping [ -i delay ] [ -c count ] [ -t timeout] host

in file:

lib/ping.php

# /usr/bin/ping
Nosuid TCP/IP ping 2.03 by <mmazur@kernel.pl>
usage: /usr/bin/ping [ -i delay ] [ -c count ] [ -t timeout] host

# locate bin/ping
/usr/bin/ping
/usr/bin/ping6
/bin/ping
/bin/ping6