Monitoring router with check_snmp

[John Joseph]

Hi Pradeep , 
while you check_icmp,check_tcp,telnet  helps to find
the router is up , 
    the snmp way of checking , u can check the
interfaces also , even traffic , it is not that
difficult 
    Thanks 
        Joseph John 


--- Hendrik Baecker <b00mer at gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi Matt,
> 
> SNMP is the best way, I think.
> 
> Other examples may:
> 
> check_icmp to check the routers IP adress and/or
> their sub interfaces.
> check_tcp to check if the telnet / ssh / web port is
> open and answering
> write or look for a perl script, that can telnet the
> router, give some 
> commands to the router and check the output if the
> output is what you 
> want to see.
> 
> Beware of the last option, you have to work with the
> login of your 
> router. Don't know how you're thinking about
> security.
> 
> Best wishes
> Hendrik
> 
> Matt Wells schrieb:
> 
> > Anyone know of any other way to monitor a Cisco
> router/* without the 
> > use of SNMP??
> >
> >     ----- Original Message -----
> >     *Subject: *Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring
> router with check_snmp
> >     *From:  *John Joseph <jjk_saji at yahoo.com>
> >     *To: *"Pradeep C Raghavan"
> >    
>
<netcatinn at gmail.com>,nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> >     *Date: *25-09-2005 0:48
> >
> >
> >     OID
> >     is Object Identifier
> >     All devices are denoted by OID by SNMP
> >     for eg OID
> >     .1.3.6.1.2.1.2
> >     represents
> >     1 => ISO
> >     3 => org
> >     6 => dod
> >     1 => internet
> >     2 => mgmt
> >     1 => mib-2
> >     2 = > interfaces
> >
> >     another eg
> >     in text representation , we can represent the
> >     operational status of an interface as
> >
> >    
>
iso_org_dod_internet_mgmt_mib-2_interfaces_iftable_ifEntry_ifOperStatus
> >     is
> >     1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8
> >
> >     U can walk through OID using the command
> >     snmpwalk 192.168.1.32 -c public
> >
> >     Please note , to use the SNMP plugins at
> >     http://www.manubulon.com/nagios/
> >     no need to know about OID , if u follow the
> >     eg, u can do it
> >     Thanks
> >
> >     Joseph John
> >
> >
> >
> >     --- Pradeep C Raghavan <netcatinn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >     > Hi all,
> >     > This is a newbee question ,so please bear
> with me .
> >     > I would like to monitor my router to find
> out
> >     > whether it is up or
> >     > not.Cananyone help me with an example of the
> >     > command.Browsing through the list I found
> that
> >     > something has to be done with
> >     > the OID's.What is this OID all about?I use
> webmin to
> >     > congfiure Nagios and
> >     > the SNMP MIB walk prints out a lot info
> which I cant
> >     > just digest.Please help
> >     > me on this.
> >     >
> >     > ../cheers,
> >     >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >    
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