[17:35] <llslim> hello
[17:36] <holstein> llslim: hey there
[17:38] <llslim> holstein: how are you today? have you dealt with ping not timing out with the deadline (-w) option?
[17:39] <holstein> im well
[17:39] <holstein> llslim: whats the issue?
[17:39] <holstein> im not sure ive every used the -w flag
[17:40] <llslim> i'm on a ubuntu 11.04 desktop install in virualbox. i'm trying to write a network sanity check script
[17:40] <llslim> the ping just hangs
[17:40] <holstein> what are you pinging?
[17:43] <llslim> local network address 192.168.56.1 apart of a ifupdown mapping script. if the networkis unreachable then i'm setting up another static connection on 192.168.1x network
[17:44] <holstein> llslim: did you set Vbox up that way?
[17:44] <holstein> to communicate with your network, and get its own IP?
[17:45] <holstein> run ifconfig, and see what IP the virtual machine has
[17:45] <holstein> if its a 192.168.1.x, then you *should* be able to get through, and ping
[17:47] <llslim> yup it works if i manual set it, but the ping hangs on check script. and on the commandline when i try to ping an non-existent address i have to ctrl-c everytime
[17:48] <llslim> ping doesn't give any feedback on ubuntu
[17:50] <llslim> neither -w or -W have any effect
[17:52] <llslim> -w and -W are timeout options of ping. sorry
[17:52] <holstein> yeah, i looked at ping -help
[17:53] <holstein> but, its just always worked for me, or its been hardware related
[17:55] <llslim> i can ping existing host just fine. i just need a timeout response from ping to let the script move on and not idle
[17:57] <holstein> i would probably try #ubuntu-server and/or #ubuntu-beginners
[17:57] <holstein> * not that its a beginner question
[17:58] <llslim> and i logged onto my shell account on my web hosting company. the options worked fine there. so it's either a ubuntu issue or vbox issue. if -w issues works for you it must me a box issue i'll try those channels as well.
[17:58] <holstein> well, im not sure how to use -w
[17:58] <holstein> but i just tried something with it, and it seemed to work
[17:59] <holstein> i would say, Vbox is the constant, but more than that, the Vbox networking scenario
[18:00] <llslim> -w 2 ping a host if it doesn't return a response in 2 seconds it should timeout.
[18:01] <llslim> i say vbox too but i needed to confirm it wasn't a ubunu issue first
[18:03] <llslim> thanks for all your help. i found this channel by a youtube result of a google search. glad to see there's a linux specific irc channel in NC.
[18:05] <holstein> llslim: glad to see you :)
[18:05] <llslim> i will visit more often. :)
[22:05] <_marx_> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y00yMrMIMtc
[22:13] <holstein> _marx_: cool
[22:13] <holstein> these are handy too
[22:13] <holstein> http://wnclug.blogspot.com/p/chat.html
[22:18] <holstein> _marx_: you should share that at the facebook page if you havent already*
[22:32] <_marx_> ubuntu nc fb page
[22:32] <_marx_> don't know if that's what he found on youtube