> Don't suppose you know a good way to test multicast? ping 239.2.11.71
should return multiple ip addresses .. one for each host running gmond. if you only see one address answer then you don't have a good multicast setup. also if you type telnet <ip of remote host> 8649 e.g. telnet 252.194.232.2 8649 you should see XML output. if the remote gmond simply closes the connection then the remote gmond process isn't communicating via multicast with the frontend host. let me know if this solves your problem otherwise i'd be happy to think of more ideas. good luck! -matt
