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title: "Net Ping"
description: ""
url: "https://docs.itrsgroup.com/docs/geneos/7.11.0/collection/net-ping/index.html"
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## Introduction

GENEOS UNIVERSAL Net Ping Plug-in monitors network response times by sending ping (ICMP echo request) messages on a regular basis and waiting for the echo reply.

This Plug-in was originally designed to verify that GL secondary servers were kept in sync with their primaries, and is therefore limited to only two host addresses.

## View

The UNIVERSAL Net Ping Plug-in produces a single view.

![net-ping2](https://docscdn.itrsgroup.com/geneos/images/netprobe/system-images/image2_geneos_-_universal_net-ping_plug-in.png)

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                            <td class="TableStyle-ref_2_col_table-BodyE-Column1-Body1">Host</td>
                            <td class="TableStyle-ref_2_col_table-BodyD-Column1-Body1">The name or IP address of the hosts to
 monitor.</td>
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                            <td class="TableStyle-ref_2_col_table-BodyE-Column1-Body1">State</td>
                            <td class="TableStyle-ref_2_col_table-BodyD-Column1-Body1">The state of the host - "Up", "Unknown",
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                            <td class="TableStyle-ref_2_col_table-BodyB-Column1-Body1">RoundtripTime</td>
                            <td class="TableStyle-ref_2_col_table-BodyA-Column1-Body1">The elapsed time (in ms) between sending
 the ping message and receiving a reply.</td>
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## Plug-in Configuration

This plug-in monitors the turnaround time on a "ping" request to another TCP/IP enabled device.


**Note**

  Only the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or resolvable computer's host name can be passed as name variable to Net ping plug-in. This plug-in does not allow IP address to be used in names. 


### hosts

List of Host, (IP address or name)

Maximum of 2 hosts, minimum of 1 host.

Mandatory: Yes

### command

The command to execute 'ping' if not in the probe's path.

Mandatory: No

Default: [Value]

### timeout

Elapsed time after which a host will be considered "Timed Out".

Unit: Seconds

Mandatory: No

Default: 10 seconds