Nagios uses an IP address to communicate with the device. I will still like
to know the environment where you can't use IP but MAC
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 9:21 AM, Hari Sekhon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Alex Dehaini wrote:
>
>> There has to be a corresponding MAC to IP match. What environment allows
>> you use only MAC without IPs?
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 9:12 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello, I want to monitor AP but i donŽt know IP adress, only MAC.
>> Can I monit if it is alive only with MAC?? some ping or snmp or
>> some check??
>>
>> How will be the command looks like??
>>
>> many thanks
>>
>> Jan
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>> Technically not really you could just ping it knowing only it's arp
> address using arping2.
>
> I'd suggest writing a plugin around this. I can't see the wider benefit
> though unless it is common to
> have devices that you want to check that don't have an ip address... it
> almost doesn't make sense
> in most normal usage since you usually need an IP on a host to get service
> from it.
>
> This AP seems to be a special case. Alternatively perhaps you could just
> plug in a wifi interface and then have a test that pings a host on the wired
> network to check the wifi?
>
> -h
>
> --
> Hari Sekhon
>
>
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