>>> Lars Ellenberg <[email protected]> schrieb am 04.09.2014 um 15:28
in
Nachricht <[email protected]>:
> On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 02:32:14PM +0200, Ulrich Windl wrote:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> I'm using ocf:pacemaker:ping to ping some specific address. The requirement

> is that a specific source address (that is on a local interface) is being 
> used to ping a destination. So if the resource moves between nodes, the same

> source address shall be used.
>> 
>> The address to use is a secondary adress on interface bond0, like
bond0:xyz. 
> I can spacify "-I bond0" and "-I bond0:xyz", but the latter seems to be 
> ignores, as if I just said "-I bond0". Ping is from
iputils-ss021109-292.28.1 
> (SLES11 SP3).
>> 
>> I had this requirement for HP-UX years ago, and the solution was to install
a 
> special local ping that allowed to select the source address.
> 
>> So my preferences are:
>> 1) Get it done with the software I have
> 
> ping -w 2 -c 3 -I 127.0.0.1 8.8.8.8
>       ping: sendmsg: Invalid argument
>       ping: sendmsg: Invalid argument
>       PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) from 127.0.0.1 : 56(84) bytes of data.
> 
>       --- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
>       2 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 1008ms
> 
> ping -w 2 -c 3 -I 10.11.12.13 8.8.8.8
>       bind: Cannot assign requested address
> 
> ping -w 2 -c 3 -I 10.43.9.55 8.8.8.8
>       PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) from 10.43.9.55 : 56(84) bytes of data.
>       64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=41 time=27.4 ms
>       64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=41 time=27.4 ms
> 
>       --- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
>       2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1000ms
>       rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 27.405/27.430/27.456/0.167 ms
> 
> Does that help?

Hi!

Yes, it helps: The problems with ping are:
1) There is no error if you use an interface alias with -I (like bond0:xyz)
2) You can use an IP address as "interface" for -I
3), but you cannot use a hostname (resolving to the same IP address as in 2)):
"ping: unknown iface <hostname>"

Regards,
Ulrich

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