Ping
Introduction
The ping-probe utilizes the icmp protocol to monitor the network roundtrip between the monitoring appliance and the monitored host.
Features
- Ping roundtrip monitoring, min and max timing
- Number of successfully and/or dropped packages
Deployment
The ping probe can easily be deployed using our appliance manager.
Probe configuration
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Address | The address that the probe should ping. |
| Interval | Interval should be a value between 1 and 9, The default interval is 1. |
| Count | Count should be a value between 1 and 9, the default count is 5 |
| Timeout | Timeout in seconds should be a value between 0 and 240, the default timeout is 10 seconds. |
Check specifics
Ping returns the minimum time and maximum time as this provides a better insight than just an average ping response.
The number of successful and dropped ping packages are also monitored.