watchcat: it does not work any more -- ping is not used properly.

[mistepien]

My watchcat does not work any more. My watchcat version is 1-16.

config watchcat option period '1h' option pingsize 'standard' option mode 'restart_iface' option pinghosts '1.1.1.1' option interface 'eth0' option pingperiod '3m'

and in logs I have

Wed Jul 27 20:51:06 2022 daemon.info watchcat[14595]: Could not reach 1.1.1.1 via "eth0" for "3420" seconds. Restarting "eth0" after reaching "3600" seconds"

"ping -I eth0 1.1.1.1" works. Before that I tried 8.8.8.8 and the problem was the same. I have internet but rebooting router/interface is pointless if connection is fine.

That is not only my problem: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/watchcat-modus-ping-reboot-is-not-working-correctly/132713

[kofec]

https://github.com/openwrt/packages/pull/19059

[jtkohl]

#19084

[jtkohl]

My watchcat does not work any more. My watchcat version is 1-16.

config watchcat option period '1h' option pingsize 'standard' option mode 'restart_iface' option pinghosts '1.1.1.1' option interface 'eth0' option pingperiod '3m'

and in logs I have

Wed Jul 27 20:51:06 2022 daemon.info watchcat[14595]: Could not reach 1.1.1.1 via "eth0" for "3420" seconds. Restarting "eth0" after reaching "3600" seconds"

"ping -I eth0 1.1.1.1" works. Before that I tried 8.8.8.8 and the problem was the same. I have internet but rebooting router/interface is pointless if connection is fine.

That is not only my problem: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/watchcat-modus-ping-reboot-is-not-working-correctly/132713

workaround until this is fixed: specify the ping address family in the watchcat configuration

[jtkohl]

My watchcat does not work any more. My watchcat version is 1-16.

@mistepien Please try now with version 1-17