probes::EchoPing.pm(3)

probes::EchoPing.pm3

An echoping(1) probe for smokeping

Overview

Measures TCP or UDP echo (port 7) roundtrip times for SmokePing. Can also be used as a base class for other echoping(1) probes.

Synopsys

 *** Probes ***
 + EchoPing

 binary = /usr/bin/echoping # default value

 *** Targets ***

 probe = EchoPing
 forks = 10

 menu = Top
 title = Top Menu
 remark = Top Menu Remark

 + PROBE_CONF

 # none of these are mandatory
 timeout = 1
 waittime = 1
 udp = no
 size = 510
 tos = 0xa0
 priority = 6

 + First
 menu = First
 title = First Target
 host = router.example.com

 # PROBE_CONF can be overridden here
 ++ PROBE_CONF
 size = 300

Overview

Supported probe-specific variables:

binary: The location of your echoping binary.

forks: The number of concurrent processes to be run. See probes::basefork(3pm) for details.

Supported target-level probe variables (see echoping(1) for details of the options):

timeout: The "-t" echoping(1) option.

waittime: The "-w" echoping(1) option.

size: The "-s" echoping(1) option.

udp: The "-u" echoping(1) option. Values other than '0' and 'no' enable UDP.

fill: The "-f" echoping(1) option.

priority: The "-p" echoping(1) option.

tos: The "-P" echoping(1) option.

ipversion: The IP protocol used. Possible values are "4" and "6". Passed to echoping(1) as the "-4" or "-6" options.

extraopts: Any extra options specified here will be passed unmodified to echoping(1).