pingu.conf: add example for 'ping' keyword in interface context

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pingu.conf b/pingu.conf
index b355b2b..776dbf0 100644
--- a/pingu.conf
+++ b/pingu.conf
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ interface eth1 {
 	# define a route table to use. If unset it will be picked auto.
 	# Setting this to 0 means do not manage routes for this interface
 	# route-table	10
-	
+
 	# define the rule priority for policy routing
 	rule-priority 20000
 
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ interface eth1 {
 
 	# execute action when gateway goes down
 	# gateway-down-action	echo "ISP via eth1 is OFFLINE"
+
+	# shorthand for setting up a ping host. this is equivalent to define
+	# a host and bind it to this interface:
+	# host 8.8.4.4 {
+	#    bind-interface eth1
+	# }
+	ping 8.8.4.4
 }
 
 interface dummy0 {