icmp ping using hostname instead of ip address

[demigh0d]

Trying to set up pings for some of my devices that don't support snmp or zabbix agent.

version : 6.4.11

Template: icmp ping
Interfaces:
agent:
ip address: <ip address>
dns name:
connect to: IP
port: 10050

The error I get is:
fping failed: <hostname>: Temporary failure in name resolution

If I add the host to /etc/hosts it will work but I want it to ping the ip address, not the hostname.

What have I missed?

[Hamardaban]

Try using the full syntax of the item key with an explicit ip address (you may use macros)


icmpping[<target>,<packets>,<interval>,<size>,<timeout>]

The host accessibility by ICMP ping.
Return value: 0 - ICMP ping fails; 1 - ICMP ping successful.

Parameters:

• target - the host IP or DNS name;
• packets - the number of packets;
• interval - the time between successive packets in milliseconds;
• size - the packet size in bytes;
• timeout - the timeout in milliseconds.