Hi, If you just want to check if a host is alive, icmp is the protocol that's always been used for this purpose.
I use snmp mostly for appliances, eg. Routers, firewall and switches, wherr I can't install a proper Nagios client to rely on. Ciao, Giorgio Il giorno 15/mar/2010, alle ore 23.02, Eduardo Barreto <lec...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Hi All, Could anybody tell me what's better, checking hosts through > icmp protocol or snmp? What are the risks or may set the network at > all on a poor status? > > Cheers > > Eduardo Barreto > --- > --- > --- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net 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
