I need the 'ping' command to work on this metaRouter instance, nothing more. This may seem like an unusual request/question, however my goal is to use Paessler's PRTG (snmp graphing/monitoring program) remote ping "sensor" FROM various routerboards i have on my WISP and otherwise Mikrotik network.
PRTG uses SSH to connect to a linux machine/server, then issues a ping command via that SSH connection and graphs/records the results of that ping command. The idea being, every 5 minutes or so, PRTG can ssh into one of my routerboards and PING a PtP mikrotik wireless link, and graph those results so i can monitor/graph the latency/PacketLoss of my WIFI links, among other things i can monitor/graph via this method.
When you run PING on routerOS the results can not be read by PRTG as its looking to parse the data in the normal linux PING format, IE:
Linux "Ping":
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~]# ping google.com
...
--- google.com ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.123/1.283/1.444/0.164 msRouterOS "Ping":
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>ping google.com
....
sent=2 received=2 packet-loss=0% min-rtt=23ms avg-rtt=23ms max-rtt=24ms Ive looked at:
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Xe ... _5.1_Image
which accomplishes my goal, however that requires the KVM / x86 virtualization of RouterOS which only runs on x86 hardware, not on RouterBoards.
Does anyone know of a "normal" Linux Distro that will run / can run on Routerboard hardware via metaROUTER ("normal" meaning not a router linux like DD-wrt or openWRT or RouterOS ) ?
To be clear again my only goal is to SSH into a metaROUTER instance and have the 'ping' command work and return standard linux PING results such as below.
Thank you!
