# Can packetbeat send out packets to test servers

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-packetbeat-send-out-packets-to-test-servers/55495>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** packetbeat\
**Created:** [July 14, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-packetbeat-send-out-packets-to-test-servers/55495 "2016-07-14T08:55:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kennedy\_Kan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Kennedy\_Kan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kennedy_Kan1)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-packetbeat-send-out-packets-to-test-servers/55495/1 "2016-07-14T08:55:24Z")

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I have several servers in monitoring. I would like to know if packetbeat can send out some packets to the servers to test if the server is still alive, just like what **ping** do. Is that possible?

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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-packetbeat-send-out-packets-to-test-servers/55495/2 "2016-07-14T11:06:32Z")

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packetbeat is a passive network monitor. Maybe there some [community beat](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/current/community-beats.html) your use case (e.g. pingbeat).

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-packetbeat-send-out-packets-to-test-servers/55495/3 "2016-08-04T08:55:46Z")

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