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Name

netdb_ping_period

Synopsis

This directive specifies how long Squid must wait between sending consecutive ICMP pings to the same /24 network. The interval is relatively long so that Squid’s ICMP traffic doesn’t upset server administrators.

Syntax	netdb_ping_period `time-specification`
Default	netdb_ping_period 5 min
Example	netdb_ping_period 3 min
Related	pinger_program, query_icmp

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