Alex Dehaini wrote: > 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] > <mailto:[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]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > Hello, I want to monitor AP but i don�t 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]> > <mailto:[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 > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yes of course we know this is the standard way but if you define a checkcommand to use a mac instead then you can get around this. Nagios is flexible enough to accomodate.
You just need to write a check that doesn't require an ip, arping2 or something similar may be a good starting point. Note: Top-posting doesn't really help to make this thread readable for others.... -h -- Hari Sekhon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
