ping — does a ping
[ server1
]ping
[server1 proto=udp]ping
[proto=tcp]ping
[proto=icmp]ping
[server2 proto=fping]ping
special protocols:
[server1 proto=external pingcmd="ping -c1" ]ping
ICMP pings are only possible when uxmon is running with root priviledges. By default 'ping' will therefore use the UDP protocol. Ping supports icmp/udp/tcp though. Most of the IP stacks are implementing both ICMP and UDP echo services ...
For running uxmon with root priviledges create file uxmon-asroot
and bb_start will start up uxmon as root.
if proto=external then a operating system command will be executed instead of using the built-in ping methods.
proto=karl is another special implementation of using the operating system ping. It is limited to Solaris though.